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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Wander around the Gallery Inn Imposing doors and high stone walls make the Gallery Inn in Old San Juan seem austere, but once inside, the experience is anything but.—
Amy Gordon,
AFAR Media,
31 Jan. 2025 -
Subway Tile Gone are the days of austere white kitchens and with them, the calling card of the farmhouse-style era, subway tile.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2025
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Styled by Dani Levi, Kardashian wore a simple floor-length bodycon gown from Balenciaga Couture.—
Mikelle Street,
WWD,
17 Feb. 2025
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Yellow is the simplest, and purple is the most difficult.—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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The definition of a good holiday cocktail surely differs person to person, but there’s something to be appreciated in a simple, no-frills recipe.—
Jenny Starr Perez,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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The cream won a 2023 Best of Beauty Award for its no-frills, seriously effective formula and has received the National Eczema Association’s Seal of Acceptance.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
29 Jan. 2025
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The rationale for some kind of second look, or reconsideration of decades of draconian sentencing, is also compelled by the stark racial disparities that are manifest in life and long-term sentences, disparities that increase with longer sentences.—
Steve Zeidman,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The game represented a stark change from the team’s average attendance of 7,156 — and the potential of how the team could perform if games were more accessible to the average Chicagoan.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Spartan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spartan. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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