austerity
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The austerity measures, cutting both square footage and head count, are helping.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Modi declared a “Covid-type” emergency on May 10, unveiling a seven-point austerity plan that asked citizens to conserve fuel by driving less and conserve rupees by buying less gold.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
“The city would be forced to implement austerity measures far worse than seen during the Great Recession or the COVID-19 pandemic.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
The historic spending spree, economists hoped, could turbocharge productivity by upgrading the country’s railways, highways, communication networks, universities and a largely paper-based public administration—all in need of repair after decades of austerity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
From the austerity and tranquility of her medieval world, the penetrating gaze of this legendary Sybil of a holy nun would exorcise the horrors which materialize before our eves in the name of television.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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