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serious

[seer-ee-uhs] / ˈsɪər i əs /




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Umar Ben Yusaf was found not guilty of causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The Doctor will be sillier or more serious, calmer or crazier, more physical or more cerebral, and never again necessarily a white dude.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

“There still hasn’t been this kind of reckoning in a serious way,” Meager said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Missing the mark poses a serious credibility issue for the central bank.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

They’re the eyes I saw yesterday when Theo didn’t know I was looking at him in the hallway, deep and serious.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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