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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Choosing Fed governor Christopher Waller, who is one of four contenders for the job and who doesn’t have a close relationship with the president, “would certainly address a lot of the concerns,” said Tillis.
There are also concerns around the scale of this operation.
From BBC
It comes amid concern about the reading standards of Welsh pupils, but BookTrust Cymru said its work was about more than literacy.
From BBC
The directive raises concerns for investors hoping for a public offering or exit from government conservatorship, despite a 200% stock rise last year on such hopes.
From Barron's
“We do have some concerns about inflation being a little bit stickier than people are expecting. There’s been a huge bid for commodities this year, particularly copper with the AI buildout,” he said.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
