austerity

Flavio Bolsonaro has promised fiscal austerity in the face of rising public debt, a smaller state, lower taxes and a tougher crackdown on crime.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

It called on students to blockade schools on Tuesday in defence of "their rights and against budget austerity".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 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

The Roman Republic made much of austerity and rectitude; the empire it gave birth to could claim neither.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The conspicuous austerity of the announcement was matched by its calculated simplicity.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“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

The fish that pulls the boat reveals himself at the end as the deity, Brahma, who teaches them austerities so they might acquire power over illusions.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2014

Siddartha's austerities and mortifications of himself, in every conceivable way, were excessive during the next six years, and these have been represented as a combat with the Devil, whose kingdom he destroyed.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman