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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Don’t miss: ‘My parents begged me never to put him in a home’: I have taken care of my disabled brother my entire life.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
“But delayed parenthood often comes with increased reliance on fertility care, and today, too many people who want children face significant barriers to accessing it.”
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
“It’s important that we receive a fair contract with better wages so that myself and all my brothers and sisters can live in the city where we work and care for rich people.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
"Noah Sibanda should have been safe in the care of professionals entrusted with his wellbeing," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
He raises his eyebrows as if I’ve given away that I super deeply care about him just by admitting I know what he did last summer.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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