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spartan

[spahr-tn] / ˈspɑr tn /


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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

He limits himself to a coffee from Starbucks in the morning and a spartan lunch to free up funds for a satisfying dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Better is Danny Elfman’s spartan and fraught score, particularly the dyspeptic drums.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

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

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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