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 bigger concern is that all this is happening on an already much hotter planet.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The company hasn’t done enough to dispel that concern.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The concern extends deep into the public sector as well.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The chief concern is that the rout gripping tech stocks in June could deepen as investors are forced to sell what they own to make room for the newcomers.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Phillip asked, a look of concern crossing his face.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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