austerity
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Modi said the austerity measures, reminiscent of the Covid era, would reduce India's fuel use and help save foreign exchange.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
What bankers appear to be calling for is not stimulus or austerity but balance.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
Hopes that China’s thirst for foreign reds would return were dashed in May, when, as part of a continuing austerity drive, Beijing explicitly banned the consumption of alcohol at Chinese government and Communist Party events.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
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
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
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