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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Fans and close friends have expressed concern for her well-being since she was released from a conservatorship.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
One concern haunting investors is that Apple appears to be easing into generative AI while rivals Google, Microsoft and OpenAI race ahead.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
In explaining the SPLC’s concern for its employees’ safety, Mr. Fair noted in his video that the center’s offices were firebombed in 1983.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the raising of the threat level "will be a source of concern to many, particularly amongst our Jewish community, who have suffered so much".
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
She wished them no harm, for that was not her way—but nor did she feel obliged to concern herself with the fate of that unhappy, unpleasant, and unrepentant family.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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