no-frills
Example Sentences
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Spirit returned to bankruptcy court in August, less than a year after a previous chapter 11 restructuring failed to solve financial challenges presented by its no-frills business model.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying economic uncertainty, California lawmakers approved a no-frills state budget that came in at $202 billion.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
In 1977, a swashbuckling British entrepreneur named Freddy Laker launched the Skytrain, a no-frills, low-fare flight between London and New York.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
“It sounds like a wartime diary,” Maye Quade said in an interview with Slate, but it wasn’t only that the senator gave a no-frills, boots-on-the-ground perspective that drew so much attention to her video.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026
Under normal circumstances, Penelope would have been surprised that the usually no-frills Miss Mortimer had chosen such an elegant restaurant for their meeting.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
