How to Use laughing matter in a Sentence
laughing matter
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Just not much of a laughing matter.
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Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Feb. 2026
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And ignoring that fact is now no longer a laughing matter.
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Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Now, is a DWI a laughing matter?
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
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But was this really a laughing matter?
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Shikhar Sachdev,
HubSpot,
21 Nov. 2025
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The bucket, which appears to be a plastic jack-o'-lantern, may seem like a laughing matter to some, but not Karen Bloch.
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Ricky Sayer,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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But a wipeout of your profits after the latest announcement from the White House is hardly a laughing matter.
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Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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For Adam Sandler, growing old is definitely a laughing matter.
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Pamela Avila,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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For Larry David and Barack Obama, history is a laughing matter.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
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It was obviously meant as a joke, but several fans and officials didn't treat it as a laughing matter, including the ATP.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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However, the fun police in the NBA’s legal department would (correctly) view this is as blatant cap circumvention, and would not treat this as a laughing matter.
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John Hollinger,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
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