austere
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There sits the studio, an austere black cube jutting into the countryside, guarded by a giant sculpture of a gorilla.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
There’s something slightly disconcerting about seeing Golding’s austere, inward fictions placed alongside works operating in such different registers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The emperor appeared less distant and austere than expected, and the reports contained far fewer hostile references to groups such as the Sikhs than Faruqui had anticipated.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
This improbable gift was succeeded by a clock-radio—a Sony Dream Machine with a blue digital display in a sleek white cube that prefigured Apple’s austere aesthetic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The set consists of the future, which will be sparsely furnished, but will contain a good many cylindrical black columns and several austere flights of stairs.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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