concern
Usage
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Concern implies an anxious sense of interest in something: concern over a friend's misfortune. Care suggests a heaviness of spirit caused by dread, or by the constant pressure of burdensome demands: Poverty weighs a person down with care. Worry is an active state of agitated uneasiness and restless apprehension: He was distracted by worry over the stock market.Example Sentences
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Security is a major voter concern in the election.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
"Calling a woman's concern about her own body "anxiety" brings us close to that history," she added.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Another mosquito-borne disease of increasing concern in California is dengue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
According to A/Prof Larcombe, increasing CO2 may need to be considered not only as an environmental concern, but also as a long-term public health factor that should be monitored.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Guardian must sense my waves of concern because she says, “You were built to be able to handle this, Resilience. Run through your system’s instructions. You can get yourself unstuck.”
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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Hegseth, though, is shrugging off the concerns, telling reporters the issue is “completely misrepresented” and that the service members have “everything we can provide them at every single moment.”
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
But with respect to those concerns, I don’t think that’s exactly what Ocasio-Cortez was saying.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
While there are growing concerns about the state of the US economy, Asian investors are taking a more positive approach for now, with tech firms again enjoying a recovery from July's selloff.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“You’ve shared concerns about performance, increasing complexity and an enormous pressure many restaurants are feeling today,” Anderson said in the video, a copy of which was viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
We’ve discussed many ways of teaching in this book, and this section concerns teaching multicultural material and teaching to culturally diverse learners.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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“It feels like the Los Angeles crew is a lot more concerned about our safety,” says the onetime “Girls” producer, lightheartedly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Meanwhile, residents of Grimes County are concerned about the impact such a massive project will have on their community.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Investors are concerned that Alphabet faces a fresh threat from Nvidia’s plans to help fund the AI buildout alongside major Wall Street players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Among them were plant employees who said they can’t imagine a world in which California doesn’t need Diablo’s electricity, and environmental groups who said they’re concerned about threats to marine life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
At first the new bond market machine concerned itself with the more solvent half of the American population.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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U.S. stock-index futures were little changed on Sunday after a quiet week on Wall Street, as investors await hints from the Fed concerning the outlook for interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Manchester City received "a bit of a schooling", according to former Scotland striker Ally McCoist, who added: "I know it's early days and but it is concerning for Manchester City."
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Despite those limitations, researchers say the increase in cases involving predominantly young people is particularly concerning because younger generations tend to have greater digital literacy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
The numbers look somewhat less concerning under the surface.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The old man had a stooped back, a sagging belly, and a concerning amount of white hair peeking out of his ears.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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