anxious
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Anxious investors worry that underwriting standards may have loosened at private-credit firms as it rapidly grew to become a $2 trillion industry.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
Anxious may be the best word to describe the vibe in Anaheim before the Angels fly to Houston ahead of Thursday afternoon’s season opener versus the Astros.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
“The Anxious Generation,” by Jonathan Haidt, inspects the pervasive anxiety of the modern era and offers solutions to heal it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
But if nothing else, the record shows Cat Burns is as human as the rest of us: Anxious, hopeful, downbeat, idealistic, flawed and funny.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
Anxious to get out of Prague before everything fell apart politically, Kepler travelled to Linz, where he applied for a job as district mathematician and was accepted in June.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing anxious
ACT Reading Test: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto
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