serious
Example Sentences
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The change could have serious consequences for everyone from workers filing tax returns to students applying to college.
“A program intended to promote treatment must never be allowed to erode accountability for the most serious and violent crimes against children,” she said in a statement online.
From Los Angeles Times
"I need surgery to remove the disease, but the waiting lists are too long. I'm told there are too many more serious cases ahead of me."
From BBC
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg said prior to Albanese's announcement the prime minister had been told by Jewish leaders there were "serious concerns" about her appointment, without specifying what they were.
From BBC
The findings, published on January 5 in Nature, raise serious challenges for widely accepted models of galaxy cluster formation.
From Science Daily
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