stripped-down
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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The budget airlines also face increasing competition from the larger carriers, which have added their own highly restricted, stripped-down “basic economy” fares that are the core proposition of low-cost and ultralow-cost carriers.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026
Bieber gave an early performance during the 68th Grammy Awards with a stripped-down rendition of his Grammy-nominated song “Yukon.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026
But in many ways, it’s something better, offering proof positive that Springsteen’s stripped-down version of “Nebraska” was the right artistic choice.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025
But perhaps a bigger factor was the release of Deep Seek’s stripped-down AI model in January, which raised the prospect of an AI future with far less power demand than investors had thought.
From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025
This afternoon, the question still churning in her mind, she got home and found her mother in the living room, applying paint to a photograph of a stripped-down bicycle.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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