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as in solemn
not joking or playful in mood or manner
everyone was surprised by the racy joke from the usually staid professor
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as in imposing
having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner
staid colors that would be good for business attire
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Recent Examples of staid
What starts off as a staid and naturalistic drama, about a man experiencing a midlife crisis following the death of his mother, veers into Buñuel or De Palma territory in the latter half.
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Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
His school friends were dead or as good as, having slipped into staid lives that made his own look willful and mysterious.
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
In a staid sport where being outspoken is often looked down upon, Collins never shies away from a chance to speak out.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
The wrestling connections continue behind the scenes, where multiple employees with WWE experience were hired, including one tasked with using lighting to bring some theatricality to the typically staid sport.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
His school friends were dead or as good as, having slipped into staid lives that made his own look willful and mysterious.
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
In a staid sport where being outspoken is often looked down upon, Collins never shies away from a chance to speak out.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
The wrestling connections continue behind the scenes, where multiple employees with WWE experience were hired, including one tasked with using lighting to bring some theatricality to the typically staid sport.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staid
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu displayed images of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, during an address at a combat officers' graduation ceremony on Sunday, delivering a solemn message.—
Danielle Wallace,
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2025
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Language experts were consulted, solemn arguments had, brows were furrowed, everyone treated the whole thing awfully seriously.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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The far more imposing limit is MLS’s global standing.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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And on the other hand, in a world where most of their top arms remain healthy and effective, the Dodgers could possess one of the most imposing starting pitching staffs in recent memory.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Aggies are in a serious rough patch, however, having lost their last three games in a row.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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In San Diego, many serious rosarians fertilize with a plethora of fertilizers every two weeks commencing in mid-February through to mid-October.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2025
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Curio’s approach to waste fuel recycling was supported by Per Peterson, distinguished professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, who shared his thoughts with me in both emails and an interview.—
Jim Vinoski,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Behold then the inspiration extravaganza that is the Kips Bay Decorator Show House Palm Beach, where over 30 rooms have been transformed through March 16 into set pieces by 23 distinguished designers and architects.—
Greg Carannante,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2025
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Once again, her stern words earned tepid applause from a crowd that honestly just wanted to go two hours without thinking about humanity's downward trajectory into civil, moral, and environmental oblivion.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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But Sunday’s election could mark its sternest test yet.—
Mark Sappenfield,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Feb. 2025
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None of that should be a prerequisite for a dignified ending in this extremely rich country.—
Courtney E. Martin,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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As a result, Americans have very specific ideas about Lincoln as the serious, dignified and solemn figure preserved in statues, paintings, museums and history books.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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At home, the atmosphere was decorous, curious, gentle; outside, the culture of the nineteen-fifties was tougher, valorizing war and papering over a darker, more furtive kind of violence.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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Aside from a series of gruesome martyr scenes frescoed on the interior wall of the second ring in the late 16th century, the décor reflects late Imperial taste for decorous abstraction and costly materials.—
David Laskin,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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Sina Villa Matilde About 40 minutes from Turin, this elegant hotel is set in an 18th-century residence that once belonged to the Bishop of Ivrea and later to the aristocratic Bocca family, who is behind Sina Hotels.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2025
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The Pinacoteca and its treasures are my neighbors in an area that preserves the blend of aristocratic elegance and popular charm that is one of Milan’s most enchanting qualities.—
Miles Socha for WWD,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Staid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staid. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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