anxious
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As the chart below shows, it’s understandable for investors to feel anxious.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Maguire said other students were also anxious about grades from earlier years being taken to estimate their grades, which they felt were "not a true reflection" of their additional efforts in their final years.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
There’s no mystery why Wall Street is anxious to sell SpaceX to the small investor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
A visit to Odesa and Kyiv reveals a country anxious to stop the killing and determined to keep living.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Aunt Pretty was so anxious to hear what I was up to, she pestered me all through dinner to tell her the story.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Vocabulary lists containing anxious
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