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

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

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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

Over the next six years, Greece negotiated three bailout loans with the so-called troika—the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund—in return for spending cuts and austerity measures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 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

To compensate for these austerities, students and their families have taken on more debt, and public institutions have had to entice more out-of-state and international students able to pay full fare.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2018

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

Ritual observances, vigils, and other austerities entered largely into his religion, Prayer. endowing it with the formal and ascetic character which it retains to the present day.

From A Literary History of the Arabs by Reynold Nicholson