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austerity

[aw-ster-i-tee] / ɔˈstɛr ɪ ti /




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Austerity is rarely popular, so Milei must persuade voters of its necessity before they feel its benefits—a task that depends heavily on maintaining public trust in his government.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Austerity has contributed to a rise in the number of children in care, the most senior judge in the family courts has told the BBC.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024

Austerity measures are a bitter pill to swallow for people who are going hungry and walking or biking to work because they cannot buy fuel.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2022

“Almost single-handedly she transformed women’s athletics from a sideshow into a central feature of future Olympics,” Janie Hampton wrote in “The Austerity Olympics,” a history of the 1948 London Games.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2020

Austerity was a choice, for there were always those who shunned the plenty of the post-mortal world.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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