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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Among voters under 35, the numbers were starker: 76% named cost of living a top concern, and just 13% approved of Congress.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
As China and the US fight for technological supremacy, analysts believe there is a bigger concern at hand with the rise of AI.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
The major concern is that elevated expectations can be self-fulfilling, with businesses raising prices now if they expect their costs to be higher in the future.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
“When it broadens out, it makes it much more difficult to avoid for consumers. That’s really the concern going forward,” Yaros said, adding that it’s especially challenging for lower-income households.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
“I had to take the morning off work for something that doesn’t concern me because Marlene” —he jutted a thumb at his wife—“forced me to.”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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