serious
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He called on Kenyans not to politicise a matter "so serious" as Ebola, asking politicians to avoid "reckless" talk about it.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Rarely does anyone consider it a serious cooking ingredient.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
By late May, those early partners had already used Mythos to uncover more than 10,000 serious security weaknesses that hackers could exploit to cause real damage.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Nvidia’s new PC CPU changes the competitive landscape, an analyst says, but the company still has a ways to go before it gains serious traction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
But his expression was more serious than I’d ever seen it before.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Vocabulary lists containing serious
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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