care
Usage
What are other ways to say care?
Care suggests a heaviness of spirit caused by dread, or by the constant pressure of burdensome demands: Poverty weighs a person down with care. Concern implies an anxious sense of interest in something: concern over a friend's misfortune. 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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What exactly Aunt Lydia is doing by handing Daisy into Agnes’ care is not made clear but she is obviously doing something.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
“I think for the past 17 years I could not wait for the tournament to start,” he said, adding with a laugh: “This year, I wouldn’t care if the tournament never started.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
"We've had no problem covering the rotas and I'm confident we'll be able to provide safe care and the majority of our elective care during the strike as well."
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
The algorithm doesn’t care what the content says, only that you stopped scrolling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
In other words, ‘OK, and why should I care?’
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
