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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Things look steady on that front, Piti said: Thailand’s banking sector is quite strong, so financial stability isn’t a concern, while exchange-rate volatility is roughly contained.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
"These are issues that concern the United States and do not affect Greek-American relations," deputy prime minister Costis Hatzidakis told state TV ERT.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
When asked if he has any concern about writing about a church that has a history of pushing back hard against critics, Lorre shrugs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Another concern is the crabs, the largest land-dwelling invertebrates on the planet.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
She’s standing next to the table, looking at my unfinished drink with concern.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Despite recent asset quality concerns involving loans to an aviation company and an e-government services provider, Public Bank has little to no exposure to either and is largely insulated from potential credit fallout, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Circuses using wild animals have fallen out of favour across much of Europe due to concerns over animal cruelty, and France plans to ban them outright from December 2028.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Polymarket’s first U.S. political campaign features a pair of ads directed by Kathryn Bigelow that dramatize voter concerns such as high gas prices before concluding with the tagline, “Watch the midterms move.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The smog - also known as the haze - has also drifted beyond Indonesia's borders to neighbouring countries, raising public health concerns.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Women packinghouse employees caused greater commotion among men who did not want to address women’s concerns.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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McCallum said he was concerned about AI being used to create personal content tailored to radicalizing specific individuals, or help terror groups plot their attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
To explain this unexpected behavior, the researchers turned to topology, a mathematical field concerned with properties that remain unchanged when objects are continuously stretched, bent, or reshaped.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
“I think any charity regulator would be very concerned about that expense,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva told AFP she is "very concerned" about El Nino's global impacts, particularly on food security.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
“As far as I’m concerned, you did much better than me.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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The alternate takeaway would be far more concerning.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The cable network reported that the operation was linked to a criminal fraud investigation concerning immigration paperwork submitted on behalf of the Somali-born congresswoman by her late father when she was a child.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
But instead of concerning ourselves with measuring our cortisol, she advised thinking instead of what might affect it, and making adjustments there.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
Every loss of a B-1 has become more concerning now that the U.S. has so few of them—some 44 today, down from 100 in 1988.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Yes,” Violet said, “and then, if you don’t mind, I should love to look at any of your books concerning mechanical engineering. Inventing things is a great interest of mine.”
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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