concerned with

idiom

1
: interested in
They were more concerned with discussing the latest office gossip than with getting the job done.
2
: having to do with : about
The memo is chiefly concerned with hiring policies.

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Still, in a movie so concerned with the lack of communication between people, that the movie isn’t particularly capable of communicating anything of its own is a problem. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 May 2025 Benny and Carmen's friendship is bristling with chemistry and feeling, a welcome platonic relationship anchoring the series, compared to so many more concerned with romance. Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 16 May 2025 Obviously, [Tatum], everybody's concerned with him. Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025 Newsom doesn’t seem too concerned with his employees’ effort to publicly shame him. William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for concerned with

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“Concerned with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concerned%20with. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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