spartan
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The first were spartan nooks, just large enough to shelter one hermit from the elements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Better is Danny Elfman’s spartan and fraught score, particularly the dyspeptic drums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
For example, he has covered the walls of the previously spartan Oval Office with gold, paintings and ornaments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
It’s not a 2005 LG flip phone, but it’s more spartan than what most of us use today.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025
When his mother had said more or less the same thing, the first time his parents had visited the apartment, he’d argued with her, hotly defending the merits of his spartan, solitary existence.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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