concerned with

idiom

: interested in

They were more concerned with discussing the latest office gossip than with getting the job done.

: having to do with : about

The memo is chiefly concerned with hiring policies.

Examples of concerned with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The gangs have also changed their public posture, posting social-media videos of themselves acting like militias with national ambitions and less concerned with their usual turf wars. —

Maria Abi-Habib, New York Times, 21 May 2024 Critics of Netanyahu, including families of Israeli hostages, have accused him of being more concerned with removing Hamas from Gaza than getting his citizens home. —

Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for concerned with

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