abstracting

present participle of abstract

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of abstracting Also, one of the biggest risks in using generic off-the-shelf AI for abstracting real estate documents is that the AI model can produce and fill in a plausible value, ignoring what the source supports. — Pranit Banthia, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 This is the gap that Latitude aims to fill by helping firms make fast and affordable international payments by using stablecoin rails while abstracting away the complexity. — Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026 The process of abstracting huge news events into memes has become much faster. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026 Over the past 12 months, AWS has continued with this strategy of abstracting AI services away from AI models. — Jason Andersen, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 There’s very little Dial that is not abstracting and reflecting on one issue after another. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024 Firefly’s influence in the industry is only growing, solidifying its reputation as a leader in abstracting infrastructure complexity and delivering transformative cloud asset management solutions. — Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abstracting
Verb
  • Even more alarming, in another case, Nvidia didn’t notice that a small data center in Thailand diverting chips was relying on fake leases to purchase bulk orders.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • All seemed right in the world until 2008, when Cook discovered that McCauley had been diverting funds for years, forging bank statements and checks and making large withdrawals.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Reasoning involves tasks such as summarizing unstructured information, interpreting ambiguous inputs and handling cases that cannot be fully anticipated.
    — Giles Whiting, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Generative AI is largely used to assist in common workplace tasks, like summarizing emails or preparing presentations.
    — Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Maybe his conning can be curtailed someday, but the thought there’d ever be enough distracting chaos for a similarly lengthy follow-up is almost too much to bear.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The text was crisp and easy to read, the matte display minimized distracting reflections, and the ink paper mode made reading comfortable.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • On Monday, hundreds of professional stand-up comedians flooded Instagram and TikTok with front-facing videos outlining an issue in the comedy community that had been brewing for months.
    — Christina Catherine Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Then OpenAI showed up While still at OpenAI, Almeida wrote a document outlining his idea for models optimized to work with software and showed it to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
    — Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Abstracting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstracting. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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