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concern

[kuhn-surn] / kənˈsɜrn /






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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With his latest, “Kontinental ’25,” Jude — who also put out a coarsely wacky version of “Dracula” last year — shifts away from clownishness and toward a sterner register of concern for society.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Another concern is helium, which is crucial for semiconductor wafer fabrication.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

That increase added to investor concern about the quality of the underwriting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Humberside Police removed 35 bodies and the ashes of 167 people from Legacy's parlour in Hessle Road following a "concern for care of the deceased" in March 2024.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

I'm writing in regards to the academic progress of your son, Albin Schaffhauser, which, as you both know, has been a matter of much concern for some time now.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff