concern
Usage
What are other ways to say concern?
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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That means Ford batteries, made in America, are compliant with Foreign Entity of Concern lists.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Concern around whether AI companies with enormous expenses could eventually turn big profits has eased accordingly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Concern mounted recently about 5-year mortgage loans taken out at low rates at the start of the decade needed to renewed at sharply higher rates.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Concern about climate change "had taken second place to issues like cost of living, economy and also immigration" in recent years, the environment psychologist explained, citing a hypothesis known as the "finite pool of worry".
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Concern wrinkles her forehead, so I nod and smile enthusiastically.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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