as in austere
providing only the essentials and nothing fancy or luxurious
accommodations on the windjammer are spartan but clean and comfortable nevertheless
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Adjective
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This deployment aimed to test the squadron's ability to rapidly deploy jets from an austere location and to practice power projection from multiple locations.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025 -
The White House unveiled President Donald Trump's official portrait this week, replacing an austere photograph that was released for the president's inauguration earlier this year.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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In his formal lecture to the Academy, Campbell offered some reflections on the simple science that gave rise to the treatment, and to its wide array of applications.—
Benjamin Mazer,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2025
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While to some these screen-free devices may seem like a return to the early, simpler days of fitness trackers, Werring says the public is a bit more savvy than the step-counting obsessives of the 2010s.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Here’s another no-frills drip coffee maker from OXO.—
Sarah Madaus,
Architectural Digest,
20 June 2025
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Comparable units in Sunset Park—often in older, no-frills walkups—typically rent for $3,200 to $3,600 and are often shared by two or three tenants.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
18 June 2025
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The State of the Nation’s Housing 2025, from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, lays out the numbers in stark detail.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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His money habits are in stark contrast to other Hollywood celebrities like Keke Palmer and Sarah Michelle Gellar, who live the good life on a budget.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
24 June 2025
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“Spartan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spartan. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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