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Recent Examples of serious-minded
Businesses previously geared toward a middle-aged audience might have to revamp their branding design to appeal to a younger, but still serious-minded, crowd.
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Zaheer Dodhia, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
At their best, the Hammer period horrors approached a serious-minded costume drama as invaded by a variety of murderous predators.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Rather, Oppenheimer appeals to the art-house crowd with a serious-minded rumination on guilt and the human capacity to rationalize away one’s misdeeds.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Sep. 2024
Overall, however, the theatrical market is much more challenging for serious-minded documentaries.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 8 Aug. 2024
At the movie’s core is the real-life contrast between stylish Marilyn, with her marital wealth, and the comfort-centric utilitarian look that serious-minded, self-reliant Lou favors.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
The country needs a strong, vibrant and serious-minded GOP, to compete against and hold the Democratic Party in check.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Jessie is talented, serious-minded, with a purist’s preference for black-and-white film.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
Bill Jorgensen, a serious-minded broadcast journalist who for 12 years anchored the pioneering, street-smart 10 p.m. newscast on New York’s Channel 5, died on March 13 at his home in Franklin, N.C.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Zaheer Dodhia, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
At their best, the Hammer period horrors approached a serious-minded costume drama as invaded by a variety of murderous predators.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Rather, Oppenheimer appeals to the art-house crowd with a serious-minded rumination on guilt and the human capacity to rationalize away one’s misdeeds.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Sep. 2024
Overall, however, the theatrical market is much more challenging for serious-minded documentaries.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 8 Aug. 2024
At the movie’s core is the real-life contrast between stylish Marilyn, with her marital wealth, and the comfort-centric utilitarian look that serious-minded, self-reliant Lou favors.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
The country needs a strong, vibrant and serious-minded GOP, to compete against and hold the Democratic Party in check.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Jessie is talented, serious-minded, with a purist’s preference for black-and-white film.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
Bill Jorgensen, a serious-minded broadcast journalist who for 12 years anchored the pioneering, street-smart 10 p.m. newscast on New York’s Channel 5, died on March 13 at his home in Franklin, N.C.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serious-minded
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In this seventh installment, several of the participants appear to have been chosen because of their potential for drama rather than their earnest desire to be loved.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
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In the cast of characters, Arbor is authoritative, Breeze is animated, Cove is composed, Ember is confident, Juniper is earnest, Spruce is chill, Sol is savvy, Maple, more candid, and Vale, quite curious.Martine Paris, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The Trump administration now needs to get serious about shaping regional and global conventions around digital trade, anticorruption, and intellectual property rights to counter Beijing’s efforts to bend weaker states to its will and obstruct U.S. economic access.Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
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Here’s where the fun stuff turns into serious stuff.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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Instead, a successful detox often leaves people feeling introspective and curious.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
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As Mercury transitions from the depths of Scorpio into the free-spirited realm of Sagittarius, our mental energy shifts from introspective and suspicious to hopeful and expansive.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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As results from the presidential election trickled in showing Vice President Kamala Harris’s growing deficit to former President Donald Trump, Simon took a somber tone.Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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From Bill Plaschke: The silent, somber Bronx suddenly was bathed in joyous dancing blue, a screaming scrum leaping and bouncing and hugging into history.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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The announcement was made earlier this month at a solemn ceremony at Department headquarters in Brooklyn to honor the lives lost.Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
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Their presence is solemn and, at the same time, festive, an echo of past times that rings with each step.Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
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But Heretic’s philosophical tension is left dangling.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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This is a talky chamber piece of philosophical face-offs, debate duels and wordy warfare, though the outcomes remain just as harrowing.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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Last week, Japan announced a surprise snap election in which popular discontent with the governing LDP party following a widespread corruption scandal, twinned with a cost-of-living crisis, led to a dramatic result in the usually sedate Japanese political landscape.Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Her jewelry shifts from sedate heirlooms to big, bold costume pieces.Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Serious-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serious-minded. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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