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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Recent Examples of spartan
Made the short walk back down the hill, sat in the spartan dorm room that was my home for the next nine months.
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Sarah Chamberlain, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
With ski season only a few weeks away, the Vail Pass rest area reopened to the public on Tuesday with a bigger, better building that replaced a spartan structure built in 1980.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
That day, a small television in my spartan hotel lobby showed the second tower of the World Trade Center collapse.
—Dr. Tom Frieden, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
And so, the film’s spartan spell is undone by snatches of pedestrian drama and goofy, surreal symbolism.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2025
Roku then picked up the rights for a spartan $10 million—about a third of what Peacock shelled out in each year of its contract.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
But this new 86-footer, stripped of its predecessors’ bling, is more of a spartan, minimalist explorer, with transatlantic potential.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Idaho State Police have released hundreds of additional images taken during their investigation into college murderer Bryan Kohberger, giving the first public glimpse of his spartan apartment in Pullman, just across the state line at Washington State University.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Gastón Solnicki’s latest work features a magnetic central performance from Willem Dafoe, it is artfully composed with painterly images, shots of Vienna at sunset are exquisite, and its spartan dialogue possesses a dry wit.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
Sarah Chamberlain, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
With ski season only a few weeks away, the Vail Pass rest area reopened to the public on Tuesday with a bigger, better building that replaced a spartan structure built in 1980.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
That day, a small television in my spartan hotel lobby showed the second tower of the World Trade Center collapse.
—Dr. Tom Frieden, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
And so, the film’s spartan spell is undone by snatches of pedestrian drama and goofy, surreal symbolism.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2025
Roku then picked up the rights for a spartan $10 million—about a third of what Peacock shelled out in each year of its contract.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
But this new 86-footer, stripped of its predecessors’ bling, is more of a spartan, minimalist explorer, with transatlantic potential.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Idaho State Police have released hundreds of additional images taken during their investigation into college murderer Bryan Kohberger, giving the first public glimpse of his spartan apartment in Pullman, just across the state line at Washington State University.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Gastón Solnicki’s latest work features a magnetic central performance from Willem Dafoe, it is artfully composed with painterly images, shots of Vienna at sunset are exquisite, and its spartan dialogue possesses a dry wit.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spartan
Adjective
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Visitors cannot enter the repositories, but walkways along the exterior allow close views of the austere wooden structures and their distinctive clay-and-charcoal foundations.—
Navya Verma,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Jan. 2026
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The 4% rule of retirement puts you on an austere budget in your leisure years.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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According to Bruce Blair, a former Air Force launch officer and nuclear policy expert, between 1962 and the mid-1970s the most powerful digits on the globe were simple – eight zeros.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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That something as simple as a COVID vaccine might improve survival in cancer patients receiving standard immunotherapy has taken oncologists by surprise — in a good way.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Restaurante do Valdênio Straightforward, hearty meals in a no-frills setting—Restaurante do Valdênio is where the locals eat.—
Carla Vianna,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Over 200 dot the country’s Alpine landscape, from no-frills bivouac shelters to sleek, sci-fi-looking lodges.—
Lucy Kehoe,
AFAR Media,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That stark reality forced both sides to wage slash-and-burn propaganda campaigns designed to sow doubt and disinformation among their enemies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The historic build-up stands in stark contrast to the United States’ own supply struggles.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Spartan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spartan. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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