as in preoccupied
lost in thought and unaware of one's surroundings or actions
the man on the train seemed somewhat abstracted, and he did indeed forget to get off at his stop
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as in distracted
to draw the attention or mind to something else
personal problems abstracted him so persistently that he struggled to keep his mind on his work
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as in summarized
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
took the 135-page report and abstracted it in three short paragraphs
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Recent Examples of abstracted
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
17 Feb. 2026
Alongside shaping a freshly precise iteration of abstracted minimalism, the Meiers’s by-current-standards lengthy tenure at Jil Sander established them as the only married co-creative directors in luxury fashion.
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Vogue Business Team,
Vogue,
4 Nov. 2025
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
He himself is abstracted, thinking about the second lead.
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Cynthia Zarin,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
She’s partnered with The Vault on a one-of-one set that’s the epitome of her ethos, a style built on an abstracted lotus flower.
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Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
17 Feb. 2026
Alongside shaping a freshly precise iteration of abstracted minimalism, the Meiers’s by-current-standards lengthy tenure at Jil Sander established them as the only married co-creative directors in luxury fashion.
—
Vogue Business Team,
Vogue,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
War becomes abstracted into green and red numbers.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
He himself is abstracted, thinking about the second lead.
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Cynthia Zarin,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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This finding specifically held true for people with fearful and preoccupied attachment styles, two subtypes of insecure attachment associated with a craving for intimacy but, respectively, a deep fear of it or a fear of rejection and abandonment.
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The phrase recalls the socialist Gilded Age mayors whom critics derided as too preoccupied with managing public works projects.
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The researchers wanted to examine whether young people who perceived their caregivers as frequently distracted by digital devices were more likely to report what’s called insecure attachment styles.
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At least until one of us gets distracted by some new slight from the British.
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The records summarized why his account was suspended and logged 20 calls Nekhala made to try and reverse the suspension.
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Ultimately, the entire discipline of artificial intelligence can be summarized as the effort to recreate the intelligence of human brains in silicon machines.
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The core outputs 575 megawatts of thermal energy, which can be diverted for specialized industrial processes like heavy manufacturing or water desalination.
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Prosecutors described the case as the largest pandemic fraud scheme in the country, saying Bock diverted tens of millions in federal money intended to feed hungry children.
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But the mission’s goals outlined by the space agency—tasks such as scouting unexplored terrain, detecting stores of subsurface ice and monitoring atmospheric dust—are a far cry from the preexisting priority of Mars Sample Return and the associated search for alien life.
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Should Tuesday's launch be delayed for any reason, SpaceX has outlined a backup opportunity on June 24, with a launch window opening at the same time.
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“Abstracted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstracted. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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