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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The findings point to a growing public health concern and highlight the need for greater awareness of early warning signs.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
“There’s a lot of concern about that proposal.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Just days after its first-quarter earnings report, Moderna was thrust back into the spotlight amid growing concern that an outbreak on a cruise ship in the South Atlantic Ocean could spill over into something bigger.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Harman said he had "significant cause for concern" but the force could not ask for either protest event to be banned.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
“When in fact, the primary concern during its design and construction was dealing with the wind, proving that true science and true beauty are one and the same.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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