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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Adjective
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More than 1,000 works of art fill the interiors—from Frank Stella reliefs in the Rosewood’s private Hong Kong collection to two Maarten Baas clocks—enlivening the building’s original wood paneling, austere granite columns, and coffered ceilings.—
Siobhan Reid,
Vogue,
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Despite logistical challenges and austere conditions, military medicine drove rates of DNBI and deaths from severe battlefield wounds to the lowest levels in the history of warfare.—
Arthur L. Kellermann,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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For Zander, who has spent three decades championing play as a form of healing, the solution lies in something deceptively simple: rediscovering the human joy of play.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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In simple terms, net-new ARR is a way to show how fast a company’s recurring revenue base is growing.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
28 Aug. 2025
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Opened in 1923, this local institution has maintained a no-frills look—the best seats in the house are at the bar—and cash-only policy.—
Katie Chang,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Spirit, known for its bright yellow planes and no-frills service, has had a rough ride since the COVID-19 pandemic, struggling to rebound amid rising operation costs and its mounting debt.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
30 Aug. 2025
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In stark contrast, for domestic planning to work, the planning needs to strictly comply with the applicable U.S. laws and even that may not be enough to defeat creditors.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Short-sellers like Left insist that Palantir’s business isn’t as scalable or as subscription-based as Wall Street prefers, in stark contrast to OpenAI.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Spartan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spartan. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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