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
In what sense is that actually important for understanding the things two layers of abstraction down, or many layers of abstraction down?
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Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Embracing open-source technology, modular architecture, abstraction layers, and virtualization can also help avoid damaging vendor lock-in.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Importantly, System 2 requires a model of the world to reason and plan over multiple timescales and abstraction levels to find the optimal answer.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
As an abstraction and comparison machine, Pronouns provokes anxiety, getting at the dangers of correlation.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
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Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Embracing open-source technology, modular architecture, abstraction layers, and virtualization can also help avoid damaging vendor lock-in.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Importantly, System 2 requires a model of the world to reason and plan over multiple timescales and abstraction levels to find the optimal answer.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
As an abstraction and comparison machine, Pronouns provokes anxiety, getting at the dangers of correlation.
—Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abstraction
Noun
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The basic idea is to start with something large and compact it down for easy transport.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Apr. 2025
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Deporting supposed gang members and Hamas supporters without due process may violate any number of statutes, but forcing oppositionists to defend these people’s rights allows the administration to paint them as defending their ideas.—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
17 Apr. 2025
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The concept also seems to have a lot of runway to growth, something Susquehanna’s investment helped with immediately.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Trump is challenged by the concept of a free press.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025
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However, both adoption and conception turned out to be challenging journeys.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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What is the big challenge about a world with little patience, and leaning into films that can take years between conception and release?—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
11 Apr. 2025
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Yes, the notion that a good tackle might fall is a big if.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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The development reinforces the notion that Nvidia — the driving force of the generative AI boom on Wall Street for the past two years, turning in extraordinary sales, profit and share-price growth during that time — finds itself in an increasingly precarious moment.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
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The increasing prevalence and potential for invasion of privacy (of our thoughts, no less) has prompted lawmakers in some jurisdictions to take action.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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There can be no peace without freedom of religion, freedom of thought, freedom of expression and respect for the views of others.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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The scientists, led by fossil track specialist Conner Bennett, used advanced 3D imaging techniques to identify and analyze four sets of vertebrate trace fossils, including impressions left behind by prehistoric birds, mammals, lizards and invertebrates.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Chido Obi has made such an impression in fleeting senior cameos that not registering the 17-year-old for the Europa League could be regarded as an oversight.—
Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Abstraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstraction. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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