take (someone or something) seriously
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Examples of take (someone or something) seriously in a Sentence
Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2024
Many climate activists invoke the prospect of calamitous conditions in 2050, but that is too distant a prospect for many people to take seriously.
—Edoardo Campanella, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2024
The latter is a case that no one should take seriously.
—Alex González Ormerod, TIME, 6 Aug. 2024
But Trap becomes harder and harder to take seriously as Cooper’s situation pushes him to take a series of increasingly absurd — but not exactly exciting — chances on ploys to evade capture.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Take (someone or something) seriously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20%28someone%20or%20something%29%20seriously. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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