austere
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It was 2019 and her California-based firm, Austere, had just agreed to supply several big US retailers with its high-end audio and video accessories that are largely manufactured in China.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025
Austere in form, “Heroes,” steeps us in the heated conversation of its characters as they reveal how they’ve changed since leaving the security of Transfiguration.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023
Austere in his personal habits and utterly averse to publicity, Gen. Scowcroft kept his focus on private counsel, leaving himself willingly overshadowed by more flamboyant personalities in the military and political establishment.
From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2020
Austere and reticent, with stony aromas and flavors of citrus and flowers.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2018
Austere and cold thou deemest me—such is the love that I venture to lay upon thy shrine—thou canst receive it without a blush.'
From Last Days of Pompeii by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
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