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Noun
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That kind of asceticism seemed neither fun nor sustainable.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 June 2025 -
Role models for digital moderation, much less asceticism, are in short supply.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
11 May 2025
Noun
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Dyer writes that his father’s nature expressed itself mostly in caution, diligence, a kind of austerity.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Dyer’s father was traumatized by the austerity of growing up in England between two military cataclysms, and his daily satisfaction is bound in his ability to pinch pences.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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“Austereness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/austereness. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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