As any user learns more about Debian, then they are able to do more such as install what they want and not install what they don't want. This seems to result in a number of Debian users moving towards minimal systems.
See for example the post of minimal RAM usage.
I use LibreOffice but use the
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apt-get --no-install-recommends install libreoffice
There are a whole lot of other options such as using non Debian repositories, which generally I try to avoid. I have in the past tried LibreOffice from their website and several other packages, but as the differences between the current version and what is available in Debian stable are minimal, I haven't noticed any difference.
The only packages that I install from outside Debian repositories now are things like Signal messenger from https://signal.org/download/.
Hopefully, it will be available in the Debian repositories soon.