Use the
titlepage
class option.\documentclass[titlepage]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\title{(title)}
\author{(author)}
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
\lipsum[1]
\end{abstract}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}
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