serious
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He was most recently at Fatherly and has previously been a staff editor at Men's Journal, Serious Eats and This Old House.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
Where Americans think of graphically violent procedurals as comfort watches, the British prefer their TV homicides to be much tidier: Serious violence occurs offscreen.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2026
Catherine Kierans, the Head of the PPS Serious Crime Unit, who prosecuted the case, said McCullagh "has shown absolutely no remorse".
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Serious adverse events occurred at similar rates in both the treatment and placebo groups, and no new safety issues linked to the drug were identified.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
She looked like Mom again, with her Serious Business hair and her dirty hands and her crackling eyes, but she wasn’t exactly the same.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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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