serious
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I don’t love things that are overly serious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Sepsis is a serious reaction to an infection that can be life-threatening which develops very quickly.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Whatever the precise legal choreography, the substance of what happened is not in serious dispute.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Consciousness is philosophically one of the thorniest issues of our time, and there is almost nothing we can say about it that someone serious has not already contested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
We both laugh, but then his face turns serious.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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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