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Noun
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Their sacrifices and bravery were foundational to the nation’s independence, and acknowledging their stories ensures a more inclusive and accurate portrayal of American history.—
Will Minter,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2025 -
Their small sacrifices have given Weil a thundering fundraising lead: nearly $10 million and counting, to Fine’s roughly $1 million (various sources report different figures) more than half of which appears to be his own money.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The habit of frugality, developed in response to financial constraints, emerges as a powerful tool for wealth retention, as seen in the practices of billionaires like Warren Buffett.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Cincinnati Bengals have been criticized for years for being the one of the few NFL teams without a true indoor practice facility—viewed by some fans as a symbol of ownership’s frugality.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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MacCulloch is particularly engaging in his discussion of how baffling the early Christian mortification of the flesh would have seemed to contemporaries.—
S. C. Cornell,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
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Hong again employs the long table-time takes that have witnessed the mortification of so many drunken characters, this time skewering Donghwa.—
Nicolas Rapold,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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The bout of asceticism didn’t deter her from finishing a quarter of the album, however.—
Arimeta Diop,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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Louise tells tales of drunkenness, asceticism, death.—
Hervé Guibert,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Nov. 2024
Noun
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But the biblical term for self-denial – inui – has another meaning.—
Rabbi Avi Weiss,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Oct. 2024
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The Ford Focus Electric, with its appealing, Euro-hatchback lines, lacks the frumpy feel of self-denial often associated with electric cars.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Mar. 2012
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Democrats have capitalized on that, wasting no time casting Musk as the unfathomably wealthy face of government austerity and corporate overreach.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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While there are conflicting messages among Republican lawmakers as well as the Trump administration, Medicaid appears to be the biggest likely target of budget austerity measures.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There’s nothing inherently wrong with self-discipline and vigorous exercise, or taking great care of your body.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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With Iraola, his managerial identity with Bournemouth is mostly about self-discipline and balance.—
Brett Koremenos,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The chance that American attacks on Houthis could prompt attacks on Saudi Arabia and a renewal of the kingdom’s brutal war in Yemen was a chief concern of the Biden administration, a prime reason that White House operated with a degree of restraint in its strikes on Houthi targets.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Sullivan, 56, was charged with first-degree unlawful restraint, cruelty to persons and first-degree reckless endangerment.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 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 15 Apr. 2025.
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