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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They have also expressed concern about the costs of Big Tech’s AI ambitions, as well as about demand, as the infrastructure buildout for the technology shapes up to be a multitrillion-dollar project.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
Mediators said one concern is who is calling the shots in Iran, with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei not seen or heard from since being appointed in March.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Many veterans, Byrnes said, have also expressed serious concern about the war, even if they’re not fundamentally opposed to its purported aims.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
West Ham's exit from the Premier League after 14 years comes with a huge amount of criticism from fans, as well as uncertainty and concern for the future.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Gingersnipes was all the way across the garden, staring at him with a look of profoundly helpless concern.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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