austerity

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Carvalho and district officials have acknowledged a multibillion-dollar reserve but have insisted that ongoing commitments and declining revenue are on track to exhaust those reserves in about three years, unless the district adopts austerity measures.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Elsewhere in Asia, authorities have resorted to a variety of austerity measures.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

"Traditionally we have decorative lighting and illuminations on Independence Day and other national days, but this time we will refrain from that, as part of the austerity measures," Ahmed told reporters.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

The budget was officially presented to parliament on Dec. 23, but rumors of the coming wave of austerity circulated beforehand, stirring concerns about further economic pain at a time when the rial was already falling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

From the austerity and tranquility of her medieval world, the penetrating gaze of this legendary Sybil of a holy nun would exorcise the horrors which materialize before our eves in the name of television.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole