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
  • The producer, Marisa Polvino, accuses her former partners of breach of contract and fraud for allegedly diverting the project’s rights and development assets away from her production company.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
  • That helped overcome opposition from local residents who complained that diverting vehicles from Oxford Street would clog their neighborhoods with traffic.
    — Danica Kirka, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In summarizing the report in a memo to Levine Cava, Coley said the current agreement as hashed out between the administration and Brightline needs to be reworked.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Paraphrasing generally restates the original information in different language while retaining the key ideas, whereas summarizing condenses the information into a shorter version.
    — Ethan Stone, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Rather than immediately distracting yourself, approach the emotion with curiosity.
    — Juli Fraga, Time, 29 Oct. 2026
  • If a tablet is too distracting, there are other ways to make digital art.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The subpoenas request any documents and communications related to letters sent in July and October by federal officials to state election officials outlining the allegations about noncitizen voters.
    — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Companies must submit non-proprietary expressions of interest outlining their relevant expertise.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026

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“Abstracting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstracting. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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