concern
Usage
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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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Do you shield her from your stuff, or are you not so concerned about it?
From Los Angeles Times
"These diplomatic communications articulate the government's firm position: the decision by the British government to proceed in sole consultation with Mauritius - without due consideration of Maldivian interests - is deeply concerning," the statement said.
From BBC
"They give him a lot of latitude. But behind that is some concern about where this goes."
From BBC
Two and a half millennia later, democracies are still deeply concerned about dangerous ideas corrupting the youth.
The order addresses concerns that platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket can be exploited by insiders, prompting both to update trading policies.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
