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Discover LudwigThe phrase "also dire" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is not only serious or urgent but also has additional negative implications or consequences.
Example: "The situation is not just challenging; it is also dire, requiring immediate action from all parties involved."
Alternatives: "equally severe" or "similarly critical".
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Many of them, particularly in the south, where the infrastructure is also dire, are illiterate.
There are also dire warnings that resorting to reconciliation will poison the atmosphere for bipartisanship.
On the farming side the consequences and fears are also dire.
There were also dire predictions that the change would throw at least 100,000 muezzins out of work in a country already suffering severe unemployment.
In Los Angeles things are also dire: Jenny is a successful photographer for a glossy gossip magazine, but her main obsession is her imminent wedding.
The situation is also dire in Russia, where a 4.2 percentage-point rise in the unemployment rate over the past year has left more than one in ten out of work.
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See also voir dire.
Brookhaven also faced dire consequences.
It also contains dire economic forecasts.
The illegal trade can also have dire consequences for law-abiding fishermen.
The Dutch, with four losses out of five, are also fairly dire.
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