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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But there is growing concern about the long-term environmental and health impacts of some of these "forever chemicals" - so called because they persist and accumulate across ecosystems.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
But my bigger concern is that you have 36% sitting in cash, which won’t do much good in terms of keeping up with inflation and giving you a return.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
His remarks to attendees at a Toronto conference emerge as concern escalates about the slow pace of talks between Ottawa and Washington regarding USMCA, which faces a formal, U.S.-led review this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
The tax and budget consequences of expanded H-2A use should be a serious concern for local and state governments.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
She looked around as if, having acted so worried about Jonah, she now had to show the same amount of concern about her daughter.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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