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Recent Examples of minimalism
The look is anything but boring—’90s minimalism is more popular than ever, and a chocolate brown bag fits in well with the aesthetic.
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Tatiana Ojea, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2025
While modern styles eschew architectural details in favor of minimalism, formal and traditional styles require strict adherence to authentic period details.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
To say that Servillo acts with a poker face would be to vastly understate the unsmiling minimalism of his performance.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
The rule breaker revived the indie sleaze aesthetic, brought club culture back into focus and toppled Clean Girl minimalism with her simple (yet effective) lime-green album cover.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Aug. 2025
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Tatiana Ojea, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2025
While modern styles eschew architectural details in favor of minimalism, formal and traditional styles require strict adherence to authentic period details.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
To say that Servillo acts with a poker face would be to vastly understate the unsmiling minimalism of his performance.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
The rule breaker revived the indie sleaze aesthetic, brought club culture back into focus and toppled Clean Girl minimalism with her simple (yet effective) lime-green album cover.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimalism
Noun
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While Roblox has filters and moderation, kids can still be exposed to inappropriate language, scams, or unsafe conversations.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
5 Sep. 2025
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While the state planner didn’t specify which part of the sector needs moderation, investment has been particularly pronounced globally in constructing datacenters that underpin AI development.—
Bloomberg,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
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Was one of Forest’s virtues last season their relative simplicity, which will now be disrupted?—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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For now, the company is betting that simplicity will appeal to customers.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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What is especially striking is the contrast between the relative modesty of what is shown and the scenes of María Ángeles recounting her experiences, with great relish, to her childhood friend Joséfa (María Áfonsa Rosso), now a nun in a silent order.—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
29 Aug. 2025
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The culture of beauty pageants has also changed over the decades, with more of an emphasis now on character and public service than appearance, a trend that overlaps with the Islamic ideal of modesty that encourages women and men to cover up.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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From stern to bow, the boat was a lesson in restrained elegance, with plenty of teak wood and muted, calming shades.—
Rachel Wallace,
Architectural Digest,
4 Sep. 2025
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Giorgio Armani, the famed Italian fashion designer who achieved elegance and timelessness through simplicity, has died.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 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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Her filmmaking choices, from fevered editing rhythms to an urgently swelling score, rarely favor understatement, while the performances benefit from a heartfelt, in-the-moment intensity, but little modulation or finesse.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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Renee Parenteau To say that Shannon Miller knows about tumbling in gymnastics would be an understatement.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Minimalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimalism. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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