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poker-faced

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adjective

  1. informal having a deliberately expressionless face

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But the company’s official response to the stunning turn of events has been poker-faced.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

Even through the more dramatic moments of the day, they remained poker-faced.

From Slate • May 29, 2024

Three years ago, Nancy Miah had never heard of the fictional, Dutch, poker-faced bunny known as Miffy.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2023

Real oozed class and control while Liverpool subsided, Ancelotti poker-faced and cool in his technical area as Anfield was reduced to silence.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2023

At the stroke position was a fourth member of last year’s freshman crew: poker-faced Don Hume.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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