nonabstract

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Recent Examples of nonabstract In New York City, these economic consequences tend to be nonabstract. Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
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Adjective
  • The result features many innovations never before seen in a humanoid figure, including new methods to create more realistic skin and replicate the twinkle in Walt’s eye which Imagineers established was because of what is known as a corneal bulge.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Could physicists resolve Penrose’s singularities by moving to something a little more quantum, and therefore a little more realistic?
    Charlie Wood, Wired News, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • Need to know: Disappearance of Neanderthals Neanderthals inhabited Europe and Asia beginning about 400,000 years ago—but by roughly 40,000 years ago, physical evidence of them vanishes from the archaeological record.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
  • The brain disorder is caused by the accumulation of excessive cerebrospinal fluid in the brain’s ventricles, leading to a range of cognitive and physical problems, particularly issues with gait, coordination, and bladder control.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • By focusing on objective criteria and standardizing evaluation processes, AI agents can help ensure that all candidates are assessed fairly.
    Ray Culver, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Blain said in the statement that the independent investigative report — and the censure vote — were not objective inquiries, but the result of politics.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Internet in the air is both a concrete advancement that’s mature and widespread, and a conceptual one frequently deferred into the future.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 25 July 2025
  • Heat radiated in waves off concrete sidewalks and asphalt streets.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • Trump's war against the higher education establishment is long overdue and is already paying huge tangible dividends.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
  • Decision outcome improvement quantifies the tangible uplift in valuable results achieved when AI influences a decision, versus the baseline without it.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • The earliest images—likely created by pecking into rock with stone tools—are realistic and naturalistic.
    Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 24 July 2025
  • The 65-inch C4 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) was our favorite model yet, offering strikingly clear 4K and upscaled HD images, rich and naturalistic colors, impressive OLED brightness, and spacey black levels thanks to OLED's emissive screen tech.
    Ryan Waniata, Wired News, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • The meaning shifted from literal taming to figurative intimidation over time.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • What is the price of assimilation, both in terms of the literal suffering of people and the figurative suffering of the soul of Jewish people at large?
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
Adjective
  • By the time the elder woman came down the road carrying the baby, the wind — which historical weather reports indicate was at its strongest right after the bombing — had dispersed most of the smoke, and the temple had become visible.
    Gary Knight, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The lights will be most visible this weekend at around 3 a.m. Saturday, according to NOAA's kp index forecast.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025

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“Nonabstract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonabstract. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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