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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“This is really concerning, this is the first I’ve heard of this,” he wrote the Journal, without naming the client.
Selina had been so concerned about her daughter she asked for a blood test; doctors thought she must have irritable bowel syndrome.
From BBC
Prof Stephen Griffin, a virologist from the University of Leeds, said Covid is "still a public health concern" and that vaccines offer the "best protection".
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The US has long been concerned about the dangers of ballistic missiles being fired from the Middle East region.
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Although the missiles did not reach the island, the incident has raised fresh concerns about Iran's capabilities.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
