austerity

They could include reforming the tax system and public spending, or austerity.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

But this seemed like the year that one of them would swallow hard, push all their chips into the center of the table and go for it—not walk the tightrope between competitiveness and austerity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

In the context of the dire austerity we are witnessing, the juggernaut of tech money seems impossible to resist.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

The challenge for Ellison will be to cut costs without the sort of austerity measures that defined Warner’s debt-reduction effort under Chief Executive David Zaslav.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

He had a calling for both sacrifice and austerity.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

“These powers were allegedly acquired by Buddhist priests who performed austerities in the mountains such as ablutions under freezing waterfalls, meditation in caves, and severe dietary restrictions during extended periods of seclusion.”

From National Geographic ● Jan. 19, 2024

Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh faith, regarded fasting as inferior to the “truth” or “right action,” which he said was superior to fasting, penance or other austerities.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023

I could not possibly improve on the sentiment, but I don't think it ought to depend on the current austerities.

From Slate ● Dec. 25, 2017

While builders on the Eastern Seaboard assembled cookie-cutter colonials by the thousands, Tucson developers instead adapted the austerities of International Style Modernism to their city’s magnificent though challenging terrain.

From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2015

It was only by questioning Thérèse after the death of Kateri that the full extent of their austerities became known, for they were careful to conceal them from the knowledge of all.

From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Ellen H. Walworth