as in idea
something imagined or pictured in the mind
to a people who have lived under one dictatorship after another, democracy and freedom are mere abstractions
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Recent Examples of abstraction
Zero’s latest surprise may be in just how well the brain learns to handle that abstraction.
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Michaela Maya-Mrschtik, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
He is known for abstractions that allude to aspects of Black history, some of which figured in his United States Pavilion for the 2017 Venice Biennale.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Software designed with poor abstractions will be highly coupled with the original open-source software, and a decision to migrate to an alternative solution in the future will require similar time and cost commitments as switching proprietary solutions.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Sunday’s golden-hour program also served to honor Adam Pendleton, an artist who explores Blackness, abstraction, and identity through his work, including the seminal Who Is Queen?
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2024
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Michaela Maya-Mrschtik, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
He is known for abstractions that allude to aspects of Black history, some of which figured in his United States Pavilion for the 2017 Venice Biennale.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Software designed with poor abstractions will be highly coupled with the original open-source software, and a decision to migrate to an alternative solution in the future will require similar time and cost commitments as switching proprietary solutions.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Sunday’s golden-hour program also served to honor Adam Pendleton, an artist who explores Blackness, abstraction, and identity through his work, including the seminal Who Is Queen?
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2024
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Two to three yards, everybody’s got the good ideas.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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For more gift ideas, be sure to check out our picks for the 10 top Amazon Black Friday deals here and the 10 top Walmart Black Friday deals here.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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SpaceX is working on a concept version of Starlink for Mars, according to a NASA presentation.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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While Venu’s backers have promoted the service as being something new, the lower court asserted that the concept was actually not new, and was also merely an aggregation of 15 linear network feeds.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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If conception does not occur, the uterine lining (endometrial tissue) will break down and shed.Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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Over their lifetime, children who didn’t consume much sugar during the first 1000 days of their lives — a period extending from their conception until their second birthday — lowered their risk of developing diabetes by 35 percent and hypertension by 20 percent.Saul Elbein, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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Beyond fintech sectors, what has also cooled is the notion of blitzscaling fintechs.Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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But Grove’s presence is still felt throughout the season, as the government uses his death as a way to reinforce the notion of Iran as the enemy, accusing them of an actor of terror that killed Grove and therefore sowing fear in the British population.Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 4 Nov. 2024
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The key question: What does death awareness do to people? After writing about death, people tend to quickly move on, pushing thoughts of it from consciousness with distractions, rationalizations, and other tactics.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Miss Manners notes that this is not a political disagreement, nor a misunderstanding, nor a private thought that was not meant for public consumption, nor a joke gone wrong.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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This isn’t the first time Johnson has shown off his Trump impression.Joanne Haner, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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The artist made a striking impression in an all-white ensemble: a leather skirt paired with a blazer-style wrap top by Kristina Fidelskaya, matching white gloves, and white Christian Louboutin heels.Essence, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Abstraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstraction. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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