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minimalist

[min-uh-muh-list] / ˈmɪn ə mə lɪst /


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The bank’s strategists greet the minimalist approach positively.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

First, he is showing us what he jokingly calls his "minimalist executive suite" where he is surrounded by huge piles of gifts and curiosities, which he is sent every day by fans.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

No other track on the album evokes that idea better than her cover of Parton’s classic, which begins with a minimalist piano accompaniment.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

Once a fixture of the 1960s pop and minimalist scenes in New York, Japan's "polka dot queen" found huge commercial success in her later decades.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Her unkempt ways, a challenge to his increasingly minimalist taste, charm him.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

This is not a colony of “tiny houses,” popular among minimalists and aesthetes looking to simplify their lives.

From New York Times Feb. 17, 2024

The minimalists, Osburn explained, typically share resources with friends, which also have specialized jobs.

From Science Daily Nov. 28, 2023

“They can be easily swapped out at any time and are perfect for renters — from minimalists to maximalists who enjoy changing things up seasonally or on a whim,” Kluetz Pernell says.

From Seattle Times Jun. 9, 2023

“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



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