austere
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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
Valdés cultivated an image of austere revolutionary discipline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
This improbable gift was succeeded by a clock-radio—a Sony Dream Machine with a blue digital display in a sleek white cube that prefigured Apple’s austere aesthetic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
He has made a name for himself in Texas conservative circles as the architect behind the formation of a handful of small towns with austere — nearly nonexistent — local governments.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
Like my parents, Mr. Pirzada took off his shoes before entering a room, chewed fennel seeds after meals as a digestive, drank no alcohol, for dessert dipped austere biscuits into successive cups of tea.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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