be serious about
Example Sentences
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“You just have to go where something is if you really want to be serious about it,” Dunn said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
He argues that companies with supply chains in China need to be serious about diversifying, or tapping government support to bringing production onshore, if they can.
From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025
"For me it illustrates that if we are going to be serious about cryptocurrencies in the future… there needs to be some kind of regulation."
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2025
So now I’m doing it and trying to be serious about it.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024
It was easy not to be serious about the old fellow, for he was that peculiar creation which ignorant people laugh at—a genuine maestro.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
