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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Objectors to the proposal had expressed concerns over noise levels from the site and the possible impact on residents' water supply.
From BBC
Powys council said it was concerned the new designation "would place additional pressures on our rural communities while offering little in the way of tangible benefit".
From BBC
Blankfein said he was concerned that the lack of a recent financial market shakeout made the dangers of another conflagration all the greater.
From MarketWatch
Government bond yields in the U.S. and Europe rose on Thursday amid renewed concerns about the Middle East war and inflation.
The four companies have the right to examine documents from the commission’s investigation files, reply in writing to its preliminary assessment and propose measures to address officials’ concerns.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
