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Passages of the original work underlined and adumbrated with exclamation marks and double or even treble question marks; phrases scored out and notes running down the margin at right angles to the printed text.
From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2020
In between, works by contemporaries complicate superficial ideas about his meteoric genius, and small, delicate drawings teem with an abundance of ideas — paintings never made, thoughts adumbrated then abandoned.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2019
His work on neuroscience and his initial support of McCulloch and Pitts adumbrated the startlingly effective deep-learning methods of the present day.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2019
But while lauding the rights and privileges of the Americans he observed, Tocqueville also adumbrated the responsibilities that came with being an American citizen.
From Time • Nov. 2, 2016
Yet the scheme thus adumbrated is not at the present time clearly in sight.
From South America and the War by Kirkpatrick, F. A. (Frederick Alexander)
