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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Novice investors are less concerned with the causes and more concerned with the outcomes, which can include:
Your 401(k) balance drops by a double-digit percentage, even though you're invested in the highest-performing funds.
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Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Adams isn’t concerned with the Gronk-like glamour that goes with being a receiving tight end.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Appellate courts aren’t concerned with guilt or innocence, only whether a trial followed procedural rules.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
Just as Thompson saw something of the end of the hippie dream in the barren stretches of Southwest sand, so too did many of the American films most explicitly concerned with the collapse of ’60s idealism take place in the country’s deserts.
—Jake Cole, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
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Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Adams isn’t concerned with the Gronk-like glamour that goes with being a receiving tight end.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Appellate courts aren’t concerned with guilt or innocence, only whether a trial followed procedural rules.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
Just as Thompson saw something of the end of the hippie dream in the barren stretches of Southwest sand, so too did many of the American films most explicitly concerned with the collapse of ’60s idealism take place in the country’s deserts.
—Jake Cole, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Concerned with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concerned%20with. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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