concern
Usage
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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 concern among U.K. government officials is that the current treatment of Man City might cause Abu Dhabi to sour on Britain and shut off the investment spigot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
They added that while she struggles to process what happened, she "continues to express concern for others, particularly the family of her victim Colleen Slemmer".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The OpenAI report “caused undue concern in the market,” D.A.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Schiff said one of his constituents, identified only as Doug, wrote him a letter expressing concern about conditions aboard the ship after his son was medically evacuated due to a collapsed lung.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Ama looks at the door behind me with concern.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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His comments come on the back of a closed-door hearing with EU merger officials Thursday, who have raised concerns the transaction could divert supplies from Europe to China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
If brain fog and anxiety are concerns, simply regulating nutritional intake can solve for that, no matter what your cortisol tests say.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
Where the review experts share, to some extent, Streeting's concerns is on the impact of diagnosis.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
When first envisioning “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Del Toro found himself grappling with existential concerns related to the meaning and relevance of what each person leaves behind when they are gone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
For the first time in his life, C.P. really listened to black people and he was stunned to hear, over and over, his own concerns coming from their mouths.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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When a patient has taken one of these tests, the main thing it tells her is that they’re concerned about their health enough to order and take a test themselves.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
Redick said Williams had “some soreness, but it’s not anything that we’re concerned about.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
"There are farmers really flailing away" and drastically concerned about fuel costs, Joe Logan, interim president of the Ohio Farmers Union, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
But it suspects millions of people are getting these calls and told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours it was "deeply concerned" by the sharp rise.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
I had been concerned about combining six children with a lake, but I feel better when I see the setup.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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But instead of concerning ourselves with measuring our cortisol, she advised thinking instead of what might affect it, and making adjustments there.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
There have also been letters to Sir Chris from members of the Protestant community concerning Garvaghy Road, external, a group of MPs, external and Members of Congress in the US, external.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
It’s concerning how much data these agents need—and nudge you to share—to be truly helpful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
When his symptoms became especially concerning one day, he went to the Emergency Department.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
Here were two of the unequivocally original patriarchs, declaring that their respective understandings of the Revolution’s legacy concerning slavery were fundamentally different.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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