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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Areas of concern include “stretched bullish positioning” across many artificial-intelligence stocks, with several displaying a skew rank above 90%.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
This is the highest level of concern about the value of a degree for 20 years.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
It takes place amid steep concern over the media outlets' economic model, under pressure from artificial intelligence and facing ever-intensifying competition from social networks.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Core PCE matters because it gives policymakers a clearer read on underlying inflation pressures and is generally considered a better predictor of where inflation is headed, the Fed’s chief concern.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
He takes it from me, his look of confusion now mixed with concern.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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