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Noun
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Egyptian officials also unveiled the discovery of an ancient monastery dating back to the dawn of Christian monasticism.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Within pashmina throws and Ladakh yak-wool woven rugs, sold in the shop, soften the near-monastic asceticism of the décor and effects of the crepuscular lighting.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Beyond their asceticism, the six members of the group - Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Manon Bannerman, Megan Skiendiel, Sophia Laforteza, and Yoonchae Jeung - hail from different countries, including the Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United States.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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But then Popper smiled and the arrival of opening day momentarily mellowed his gruffness.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Mackay and Turner are both excellent, two movie stars who seem totally game to be asked to move with real gruffness.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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The government succeeded in reversing the fiscal deficit and achieving a budget surplus — a rare result in Argentina’s recent history — but the social cost of the austerity measures has drawn criticism.—
Clara Preve,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Butterss’ double-bass throbs ground the music in chamber-jazz austerity; later, Bellerose shifts into slack, funky drummer mode, as Parker’s guitar takes on a muted highlife gait, then morphs into concentric ripples of distortion that psychedelicize your mind.—
Dave Segal,
SPIN,
15 May 2026
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April’s showers have brought not flowers to the Reds, but dourness.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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With its single Xenomorph antagonist, its cramped environment, and its fairly helpless cast of characters, a video-game adaptation sounds like an exercise in pure dourness.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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