spartan
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An apartment where he was staying suggested a spartan lifestyle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The last time Hall saw him was at the spartan Oakland cottage that served as headquarters for their hard-line group, Stop AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Ibrahimi, whose four children huddled around the stove in her spartan living room, is one of 10 single mothers living in the new community.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
That Seu marries the feminine and the spartan in her space feels intentional — a reflection of the dualities that animate her life and work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
During his senior year at Emory, Chris lived off campus in his bare, spartan room furnished with milk crates and a mattress on the floor.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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