spartan
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At 235 W. 23rd St. in Manhattan, the lobby is similarly spartan.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
He puts the authorities' leniency down partly to the tidy and spartan way he operates his business: a bench, umbrella, card reader and table that he folds up and carts away each evening.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Or to believe that Edward Hicks, who was a Quaker and led a spartan life, was complicit in the horrors visited on Native Americans in the name of land acquisition?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
They often live in spartan conditions and earn meager wages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Brannon asked, as a smile began to build on the spartan isthmus around his mouth.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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