serious
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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
In a statement, Boyle Sports said it was "extremely concerned at the serious nature of the allegations levelled against David Sullivan".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
"We have seen the very serious consequences that online harms can have...The safety of children cannot be an afterthought," said Culture Minister Marc Miller in a statement announcing the proposal.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Grandpa got that serious look in his eyes.
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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