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
One can be serious about the frivolous, frivolous about the serious.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025
If biodiversity targets were not in place before 2029, then the government "can't be serious" about meeting its overarching goal of an improving picture for nature by 2030, he argued.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2025
Eddie,” she said after I chased down the ball, “I think you should be serious about this.”
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
