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anxious

[angk-shuhs, ang-] / ˈæŋk ʃəs, ˈæŋ- /




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In recent weeks, investors have grown more anxious about the AI debt landscape, particularly as it relates to neocloud companies like CoreWeave that have relied on borrowed money to fuel their growth.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Many Ohio voters are anxious about the proliferation of data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Velazquez says some patients who took GLP-1s before pregnancy are anxious to return to them, which may factor into how long they chose to breast-feed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

In recent years, moviegoers have encountered several pictures that tackled our anxious AI age — “M3GAN,” “Companion,” “Sheep in the Box” — but “Klara and the Sun” is easily the most simpleminded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

I could see she was becoming very anxious about her.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo


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