care
Usage
What are other ways to say care?
Care suggests a heaviness of spirit caused by dread, or by the constant pressure of burdensome demands: Poverty weighs a person down with care. Concern implies an anxious sense of interest in something: concern over a friend's misfortune. 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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"To be honest I haven't really kept up with anything about the World Cup. I don't care about anything other than the Knicks."
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
You’re probably not thinking about nursing homes when you’re healthy at 65, but a choice you make at that age could determine whether you have access to care later in life.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
They often deny requests to stay at nursing homes, long-term care hospitals and inpatient rehab facilities, according to two new reports from the Health department’s Office of Inspector General.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The hunger and economic strike began May 19, including at the Desert View Annex, a wing of the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, where detainees alleged subpar conditions and inadequate medical care.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
It’s happened before, when we were at Mom’s for a couple days, when Dad promised to take care of him and then didn’t.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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