austere
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The term "artificial intelligence" was born in 1956 at an austere summer workshop at Dartmouth College.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
Chief among the "fossils", in the eyes of some of the soldiers who responded to our requests, is Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the austere 60-year-old commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
But will car buyers go for something as austere as Slate’s truck—let alone an electric one?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Jeffries Wyman, our scientific attache in Paris and an acquaintance of Pauling’s, thought that Linus and Ava Helen would enjoy the austere charm of the thirteenth-century buildings.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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