seriousness

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Describing the punishment Southampton received as "ridiculous", Solak tried to downplay the seriousness of the club's cheating.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

“We take any threat to public health with the utmost seriousness, and we continue to work diligently alongside public health officials and food safety experts to ensure the integrity of our products.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

“I am well aware of the seriousness of the allegations made against my son,” Vazquez wrote in his court declaration.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

It’s an official architecture that often mistakes size for seriousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

So when I started explaining McCoy and Celia and everything that had happened this year, she absorbed it the way my parents absorbed war documentaries: with complete seriousness.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia