cause for concern

noun phrase

: reason to worry
There is no cause for concern.

Examples of cause for concern in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As for where the average person comes into contact with dairy—the grocery store—there’s also little cause for concern. Julia Landwehr, Health, 4 Apr. 2024 An aging and declining population is a cause for concern over national security issues and can cause economic challenges for the country. USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024 Indeed, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has cause for concern that the ailing commercial real estate market is just beginning to have an impact on banks. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024 Larger, thicker jelly-like blood clots that are greater than the size of a quarter may be cause for concern. Anthea Levi, Health, 16 Mar. 2024 But even if Moscow never detonates a nuclear weapon in space, its mere presence in orbit would be cause for concern. Aaron Bateman, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024 Should that be cause for concern for the defending 5A champions? Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2024 That, too, gave the medical community cause for concern and carried with it an obvious risk of abuse. Linda Marie Thayer, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2024 This is a major cause for concern for a Democratic administration committed to supporting the Ukrainian cause and defending Taiwan. Naima Green-Riley, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2024

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“Cause for concern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cause%20for%20concern. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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