minimalist
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Throughout the weekend, party-goers returned night after night to swan around the colorful, minimalist John Pawson-designed hotel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Smith, who is colorblind, maintains that less is more, and focuses on black-and-white photos, usually with a minimalist approach to imagery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
"Everybody has been dressed really minimalist in a specific quiet luxury way and I think people are tired of that," she notes.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
They brought in minimalist and retro aesthetics, and matte finishes, to craft packaging that read as upscale, making for clean, consistent visuals across aisles.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Our productions were what might now be called minimalist: no stage, no scenery, no costumes.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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"Man of the microbes we found were either minimalists: ultra-streamlined with one job that it does very well alongside a close consortium of collaborators, or it can do a little bit of everything," Osburn said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023
Some drew comparisons to the so-called holy minimalists of Eastern Europe, including the prominent Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
“Dirtknock” samples British minimalists Young Marble Giants — and adds a boom-bap rhythm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2021
Even John Adams — brought in by Perlmutter to defend his fellow accused minimalists — admitted the term was “eminently mockable.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2020
Michaels noted that throughout the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, announcers were minimalists when it came to describing the action.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2019
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