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austere

[aw-steer] / ɔˈstɪər /




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It was 2019 and her California-based firm, Austere, had just agreed to supply several big US retailers with its high-end audio and video accessories that are largely manufactured in China.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

Austere in form, “Heroes,” steeps us in the heated conversation of its characters as they reveal how they’ve changed since leaving the security of Transfiguration.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

Austere yet toylike, the pieces are an exercise in dollhouse minimalism.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2019

Austere yet oddly beautiful, both rigorous and whimsical, the picture worked.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2017

Austere and still, they face us, as they have faced this spot since that stormy Eocene morning when they sprang like the dragon's white teeth from the earth.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa




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