serious
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No agreement was that close, the officials said, noting Iran hadn’t made a serious offer to limit its nuclear work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The club's dream forward signing is Alvarez - though Barcelona have a serious interest in the Argentina attacker.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Two new studies found that adults with healthier thymuses were more likely to live longer and less likely to develop serious diseases.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
But I don’t think any serious antitrust enforcer who looks at the facts, the law, the economics of this transaction will see an antitrust violation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
She would get real serious and her eyes would get big and starry-looking.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing serious
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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