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In some societies, chickens are symbols of fertility and sacrifice; in others, they’re even considered divine.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025 -
My own experience, and my wife’s sacrifice, gave me empathy for those with financial struggles.—
Brian Walsh,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Being frugal isn’t something that people should be ashamed of; frugality can lead to the wildest innovations.—
Vivek Bhaskaran,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Others think the frugality signals economic skittishness.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
11 Aug. 2025
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But Constance offered no more in her own defense, for all her mortification.—
Jim Shepard,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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Oldman’s face, set in brooding concentration, evokes a pained, vaguely incredulous mortification, which builds to a bitter, almost paralyzing ruefulness.—
Houman Barekat,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Beyond their asceticism, the six members of the group - Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Manon Bannerman, Megan Skiendiel, Sophia Laforteza, and Yoonchae Jeung - hail from different countries, including the Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United States.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Frayne writes that some second- and third-century sects, such as the Encratites, Priscilliantists, and Manicheans, advocated against meat eating, typically as part of a broader asceticism that might also include celibacy.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Aug. 2025
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Saint Anthony was an Egyptian monk whose relics were brought to France during the Crusades in the Middle Ages, after inspiring many people to take up seclusion and self-denial.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Crace transports readers two thousand years into the past to a stark Biblical landscape full of visceral encounters, violence, self-denial, and possible miracles.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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Nearly four months later, the Big Ten campus just outside Chicago eliminated 425 employee positions, amid similar austerity measures at other colleges due to changing government policies.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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In February this year, students and activists took to the streets to decry austerity measures.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
1 Sep. 2025
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Our main challenge today is to maintain multilateral diplomacy and self-discipline.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Over the past four decades, he’s transformed how people around the world approach time management, productivity, self-discipline, and goal setting.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Americans for Prosperity ― Ogles' former employer and that of many of his congressional staff ― is a political special interest group that advocates for limited government, free markets and fiscal restraint.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
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Enyedi has often made meditative cinema, but here her restraint in some sequences verges on suffocating.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Middle-of-the-roadism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle-of-the-roadism. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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