seriousness
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When I saw the seriousness of it, I kind of went into a shell a little bit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
And as much as one hates to grant seriousness to a meme, men are indeed less likely than women to seek treatment.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
Ofcom fined the corporation £150,000, saying it reflected "the extraordinary nature and seriousness of the BBC's failures".
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Mark Borkowski, a public relations expert, says the blend of Streeting’s po-faced seriousness and Rayner’s irreverence is helping to catch people’s attention, with Burnham acting as a middle ground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
In the nineteenth century it was claimed, in all seriousness, that Columbus’s contemporaries thought the world was flat and expected him to sail over the edge.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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