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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Louisiana, which has serious gaps in access to maternity care, had the highest rate of maternal mortality in the nation last year.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
"I can't put into words how much they've done in terms of the support, in terms of the care, in terms of love. I wouldn't be here without them at all," said Rai.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Full-day care for a single child typically runs $6,500 to $15,500, depending on age and location, a cost most families in the 1970s didn’t incur.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
If they say, “No, my coach takes care of my serve,” I hold my tongue.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Mutti asked me to take care of Marlene, and to make sure that she had something to eat and drink.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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