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Recent Examples of austerely
The rooms The 204 all-cream gallery-like rooms, spread over six floors, are austerely luxurious, a blank canvas for adventures.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for austerely
Adverb
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Our journey began humbly in 1983 with high-stakes bingo.—
Cody J Martinez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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When a coalition of figures assembled at a Georgetown University forum, in February, 2023, the former Crown Prince sat humbly in a row of eight, alongside two actresses, a soccer player, and an Iranian Kurdish separatist.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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So far, air fares are only up modestly.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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In 2022, the VIX rose roughly 180% all in, which only is modestly more than the current move.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Such an arrest is plainly inconsistent with basic First Amendment principles.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
23 Mar. 2026
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The inference, plainly, is that is not the case at the moment.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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For example, the theme of superposition—put very simply, the idea that characters exist in a number of potential states simultaneously, some of them mutually exclusive, and this ambiguity or multiplicity doesn’t get resolved until some point in the future.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The service is performed by the choir, with the congregation participating simply by listening.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Austerely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/austerely. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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