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serious

[seer-ee-uhs] / ˈsɪər i əs /




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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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