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Recent Examples of austerely
The rooms The 204 all-cream gallery-like rooms, spread over six floors, are austerely luxurious, a blank canvas for adventures.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for austerely
Adverb
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Our journey began humbly in 1983 with high-stakes bingo.—
Cody J Martinez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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The archbishop knocks on the door with a pastoral staff and humbly requests admission to the cathedral.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Business tax collections — which totaled about $130 million in fiscal year 2025 — are expected to grow modestly.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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Mellencamp grew up modestly but comfortably in the idyllic town of Seymour, Indiana, the son of a mother who was an artist and nascent beauty queen, and a father who worked a white-collar job with a local electrical contracting firm.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Anyone driving through the eight square miles of Haslet could see plainly that the city’s residents cared about this election; candidates’ signs lined neighborhood streets.—
Rachel Royster
May 5,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 May 2026
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Then the singer, who has struggled with kidney stones, plainly laid out what has been causing her grief.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
Adverb
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Often, everyone is trying their best but finding that there are simply too many competing and seemingly conflicting needs.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2026
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That, too, would be struck down by the trade court, but in the meantime importers around the country, from giant corporations to individuals who simply want to buy single products from abroad, will be left mired in uncertainty.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
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“Austerely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/austerely. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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