staid
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Staid and serious, Mr. Lee often appears more at ease in the background, quietly working the bureaucracy, than in the spotlight.
From New York Times • May 6, 2022
Staid, technical ads for the Bushmaster were replaced by an aggressive marketing campaign targeting young men admiring of the military, known in the trade as “couch commandos.”
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2022
Staid Wolfsburg, Volkswagen’s home, was not the best place for the automaker to mount a defense against Silicon Valley challengers keen to upend the car industry, and he needed to move.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2017
Staid rabbis are sometimes scandalized by her delivery, which ranges from a concerned whine to a dramatic whisper.
From Time Magazine Archive
Staid burghers walked soberly along, fops strutted, bullies swaggered, gentlefolks went in fitting dignity, and beggars whined for alms at the corners of the narrow lanes that, between the houses, led down to the river.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Bevan, Tom
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