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of, relating to, or following a style (as in art or design) that is characterized by simplicity and uses a small number of colors, parts, materials, etc.
They took a minimalist approach to designing their apartment.
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Recent Examples of minimalist
The bag provided the only real contrast in the outfit, breaking up the sea of black without disrupting its clean, minimalist feel.
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Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 16 June 2026
This design emphasis can lead to quite a few interesting and minimalist looks.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
This pair has a similar minimalist design, complete with an adjustable strap and cushioned footbed for comfort.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
The fabric is ultra-light, the waistband stretches comfortably, and the minimalist style goes with pretty much everything in your suitcase.
—Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
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Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 16 June 2026
This design emphasis can lead to quite a few interesting and minimalist looks.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
This pair has a similar minimalist design, complete with an adjustable strap and cushioned footbed for comfort.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
The fabric is ultra-light, the waistband stretches comfortably, and the minimalist style goes with pretty much everything in your suitcase.
—Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for minimalist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimalist
Adjective
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Armando Chavez, owner of local business NorCal Siders, was brought in for a simple roof patch-up but left with a big idea.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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The cause can be something as simple as a lack of water or more complex, like fungal wilt diseases, tomato wilt viruses, walnut toxicity, or boring insects.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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At a billion scans a month, even modest rates imply hundreds of millions of ambiguous results a year, each one demanding a clinical decision and producing a worried customer.—
Gabriel Alin Zainescu,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Dial it over to Sport mode, and the VLE is properly perky, leaping forward with just a modest flex of your right ankle.—
Tim Stevens,
Robb Report,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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Those first Area jeans featured strategic studs framing her thigh vents, while Wednesday’s were unadorned, but real ones know.—
Kase Wickman,
Vanity Fair,
11 June 2026
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Museum Rietberg’s own collection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs taken in Asia and Africa are also interwoven throughout the exhibition — unadorned reference points that serve as nodes between which the artists’ refractory works resonate.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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Being too conservative with long-term retirement money, parking it in cash or short-term bonds out of fear, can be just as damaging as taking on too much risk.—
Jonathan I. Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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The court, which has a conservative 6-3 majority, split along ideological lines when deciding Bruen in a case that expanded the Second Amendment right to bear arms outside the home.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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“Minimalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimalist. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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