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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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Armed officers were sent to an address on Hardale Grove, in Dormanstown, shortly after 13:30 BST on Thursday over reports of concern for a child.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The more pertinent concern now, Moskowitz argued, is the company’s ability to execute its ambitious infrastructure buildout while overcoming financing and profitability hurdles.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

This movement among 20-somethings like myself is fueled in part by a concern about our physical and mental health as Americans live sicker for longer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

It’s an added shading, an honest commentary, that feels right, as if it were there all along in the DNA of this well-traveled tale of existential concern, just waiting to be uncovered.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

When I stand back up, Lily now firmly gripping my hand, Dad and Aunt Melissa have stopped arguing and are watching me, their foreheads crinkled in identical looks of concern.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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