serious
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Currently, most minors found guilty of serious crimes are not sentenced to prison.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
It would take some effort, or at least serious inattention, to kill it.
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
According to the Foundation for Aviation Safety, a US body led by the former senior Boeing manager turned whistleblower, Ed Pierson, it suffered from a series of serious electrical problems throughout its lifetime.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Among Boston doctors, phrenology is considered serious stuff when Phineas walks into the middle of the debate of the Whole Brainers versus the Localizers.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Vocabulary lists containing serious
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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