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Noun
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Everyone will be tested and, as the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices and conflicting agendas will become profound.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025 -
While most old soldiers, like Karl Malden's superb, empathetic Gen. Omar Bradley, absorb the senseless loss of life of war with regret and resolve that the sacrifice was necessary, Scott's Patton reveals the darker side of humanity that craves conflict, that lives for it.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Broncos transformed their defensive front last spring, and did so with impressive frugality.—
Parker Gabriel,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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Gronowski’s price tag, though it has not been publicly disclosed, is undoubtedly higher than Iowa has ever paid for a quarterback, and for many of you that fact brings some Midwestern frugality into play.—
Scott Dochterman,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Hong again employs the long table-time takes that have witnessed the mortification of so many drunken characters, this time skewering Donghwa.—
Nicolas Rapold,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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Whetstone said the power was with the poster and encouraged her mother to be remorseful, express mortification with her actions and work to make amends.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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The bout of asceticism didn’t deter her from finishing a quarter of the album, however.—
Arimeta Diop,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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Louise tells tales of drunkenness, asceticism, death.—
Hervé Guibert,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Nov. 2024
Noun
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But the biblical term for self-denial – inui – has another meaning.—
Rabbi Avi Weiss,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Oct. 2024
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The Ford Focus Electric, with its appealing, Euro-hatchback lines, lacks the frumpy feel of self-denial often associated with electric cars.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Mar. 2012
Noun
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Jokes mingle with cruel and lethal austerity measures.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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That could change if President Trump and congressional Republicans enact a bigger agenda of austerity.—
Neil Irwin,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Catholic Church mandates abstinence from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent as an act of sacrifice and self-discipline.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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This builds your self-discipline and strengthens your ability to focus for extended periods.—
Luciana Paulise,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This season was about restraint and impact — where luxury was deliberate, innovation measured, and the conversation between past and present more compelling than ever.—
Tianwei Zhang,
WWD,
25 Feb. 2025
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That's reality for a country that, across Democratic and Republican administrations, has spent taxpayer money without restraint or care about debt.—
Axios,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
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