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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However, he says WiFi networks pose a unique concern because they are nearly everywhere and largely invisible.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
Dandruff is a side effect of my medications, so I now use the same Head & Shoulders conditioner as my dad, which doesn’t help the middle-aged-man concern.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
AI companies are starting to address the concern, but nobody knows how widespread this problem could become.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Asked about Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz in March, President Donald Trump remarked that the waterway wasn’t a vital concern for the U.S.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
They’d all heard about the poison tide, but it had seemed like a distant problem, not anything that would ever concern them.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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