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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The competing measures, which have drawn enough verified signatures to qualify for the November ballot, come at a time when the rising cost of healthcare is emerging as a top voter concern.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
While the allegations were not focused on West Ham, they will cause huge concern.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The actors of greatest concern are state-sponsored programs outside any Western framework and the global community of open-source researchers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Meta also rolled back speech restrictions around topics such as gender and sexual identity, triggering concern from advocacy groups.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
They concern me more than the grim soldiers marching about with weapons or the threat of a warbling air raid siren.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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