austere
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The word "cenotaph" means "empty tomb" in Greek and it was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens in a simple, austere style, with no sense of triumphalism and with almost no decoration.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
The term "artificial intelligence" was born in 1956 at an austere summer workshop at Dartmouth College.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
There sits the studio, an austere black cube jutting into the countryside, guarded by a giant sculpture of a gorilla.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The suits of the Brambilla cards—batons, swords, coins and cups—are placed against an austere silver plane, almost abstract in their rendering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The same family portraits glared down at her, but now they seemed smug rather than austere.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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