abstractions
- plural of abstraction.
Example Sentences
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Creating these abstractions involves difficult maths, but essentially they filter out useless information, just leaving the AI with useful pictures of the world.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
Like Homer’s, Mr. Armitage’s gods are not distant abstractions but present projections of human failings, embodiments of forces we struggle to name even after 40 centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Power and policy are not abstractions — they impact real people’s bodies, minds and lives, and they affect the well-being of the larger community.
From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026
At its core, Olivier asks whether constitutional rights belong to citizens as ongoing protections or merely as retrospective abstractions that harden once violated.
From Slate • Jan. 8, 2026
Oppenheimer was rare among theorists in conceding value to the uncomplicated perception of nature, free of abstractions, that happened to be Lawrence’s approach.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
