serious doubt

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousanddoubt

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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doubt
noun[C or U]
uk
/daʊt/us
/daʊt/
(a feeling of) not being certain about something, especially about how good or true ...
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(Definition ofseriousanddoubtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofserious doubt

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Nonetheless, this evidence does castseriousdoubton his observations.
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However, recent theoretical and empirical work has castseriousdoubton the existence of the second dividend.
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This solution may be logically consistent, but the suggestion that it fits well with the biblical data is subject toseriousdoubt.
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Such revisions naturally castseriousdoubton figures based on previous censuses.
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Moreseriousdoubtexists with respect to operant learning.
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These findings castseriousdoubton the generalisation that women are disadvantaged on the economic front.
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Its classification within the overall family of intermediate filament chains is thus open toseriousdoubt.
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To those readers, we issue this warning: theoretical arguments built on data mining contain sample-specific biases that castseriousdoubton their value as general explanations.
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Current case law and practice militates against that and there can be noseriousdoubtabout that.
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We are convinced that there is noseriousdoubtabout the safety of adding fluoride to water at the level in question.
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However, there isseriousdoubtover the non-fatal injury statistics, because they are, as has already been said, so unreliable.
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It may create difficulties of its own by requiring the prosecutor to consider whether material casts doubt on the prosecution orseriousdoubt.
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Furthermore, the ability of our national postal service to cross-subsidise our rural post office infrastructure would have been put inseriousdoubt.
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However, when it comes to guaranteeing £890, 000, regardless of whether there is a return on the investment, there is aseriousdoubt.
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The practicability of the whole show is open toseriousdoubt.
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I do not believe that there is anyseriousdoubtthat that is happening.
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However, the board will decide whether the nature of the complaint is such that it could castseriousdoubton the validity of a conviction.
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It is more difficult to market-test if there is anyseriousdoubtabout where the locations will or will not be.
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I do not think there is anyseriousdoubtabout it.
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There isseriousdoubtas to what is the real surplus on the revenue of the year.
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