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It is a method tested “in the most austere, complex environments in which people are shooting at us and people are dying,” he says.

A small dot down in the lower right-hand corner visually transforms the austere composition into an essay on the perceptual dynamics of deep space, as if we — like that little dot — are floating untethered.

What we have heard so far about the Budget sounds rather austere, but the chancellor is defining austerity as real-terms cuts in government departments.

The BBC's Linda Pressly approached Singapore's authorities and was granted access to the state’s austere Drug Rehabilitation Centre.

The video, an austere affair with the band lip-syncing in front of a white background, became ubiquitous; “1984” became the first Van Halen record to reach No. 1 on Billboard’s album chart.