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 technology is still so nascent that an existential threat looks like a distant concern, some say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The widening gap between the two nearest Brent contracts is reflecting that concern, and telling you that “buyers are paying increasingly more for barrels they can get their hands on now,” Innes said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Executives at OpenAI, SpaceX and Microsoft also echoed the concern and called for some sort of pause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
This is the concern that AI, after it has reached a certain point, could theoretically begin improving itself without human involvement.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
With that settled, Penelope turned her attention to a more immediate concern: finding her way to Number Twelve Muffinshire Lane, which was the address of the house Lord Fredrick had rented.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
The debate over the potential dangers posed by the technology intensified in recent days after a post by Jacob Coxon, a researcher who left Anthropic over concerns AI could wipe out humanity, went viral.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
In the two months before Phillips took the children again, social workers also ignored concerns raised by their older step-siblings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Software companies, whose shares were buffeted this year by concerns that new AI tools would render them obsolete, were among the best performers in the S&P 500.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Altman said he agreed with Amodei, announcing the company would delay its initial public offering until 2027 over safety concerns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
He voiced his concerns to Kappe, complaining that Haupt wasn't serious enough.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
Police at the time were "seriously concerned that he might take the children away again", the report said -- fears that were not passed on to the Ministry for Children.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Police said neighbours had checked in on the family after a call from the man's wife, who had become concerned after a phone call with her husband.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
In late August, Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh used his remarks at the Jackson Hole economic symposium to signal that he was concerned about inflation trends.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
“In general, the more senior the employee, the more concerned they are,” Samuel Marks, an Anthropic researcher who works on how to maintain control of advanced AI systems, wrote on X.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
He stared into the camera, trying to look concerned, but his shining blue eyes gave him away.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Several consecutive months of accelerating inflation would be much more concerning.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The most concerning product that CR tested in terms of glycidyl esters was Takis Fuego tortilla chips.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
The education ministry expressed "profound sadness" in a statement on Thursday, noting that the tragedy "followed a particularly concerning series of fires in Bukavu".
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Their young age makes their discovery particularly concerning, wildlife expert Biswajit Mohanty said.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Each new question, each new catechism chapter, each new story seemed to open up a thousand facets concerning the salvation of my soul.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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