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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Local stations also expressed concern about sports moving to streaming in a meeting with Justice Department officials at a TV industry convention last month.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The same source also voiced concern some airlines may be using the crisis as an opportunity to drop unprofitable routes.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Some made it to their 2-week wellness visits without concern.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
There’s a real concern underneath all of this.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
But his biggest concern was how he was going to look on camera and what he was going to say.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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