1
as in to watch
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
will you care for the lawn while we're gone?
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2
as in to nurse
to attend to the needs and comforts of
he is caring for his mother while she's sick
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3
as in to accept
to have a favorable opinion of
I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog
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4
as in to want
to wish to have
I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it
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5
as in to prefer
to show partiality toward
she generally doesn't care for war movies
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for care (for)
Verb
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Get focused and watch new money appear in May.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Mar. 2026 -
Instead, Tiller was left to watch the Jayhawks struggle to score 47 points, believed to be the third-fewest in a game in KU’s Self era.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2026
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In their off-hours, one employee was nursing an infant and homeschooling a preschooler, and another worked a second job as a real estate agent.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Commodores are nursing a 3-point lead early in the second half against the McNeese State Cowboys from Lake Charles, Louisiana.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Pentagon had accepted his compromise, Altman implied, because his safeguards were not smuggled into the contract as an arbitrary restriction of Pentagon freedom.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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These materials can accept electrons from one source and pass them along to another, allowing electrical signals to travel from the bacteria to the electrode.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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After thousands of Iranian demonstrators were killed in a January crackdown, Shima Razavi Gacek wanted to keep alive her family's favorite springtime holiday traditions but didn't feel like throwing her annual house party with a roaring bonfire ahead of Nowruz -- the Persian New Year.—
AMY TAXIN,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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The backstory Businessman Juan Rosa from Lanzarote opened the 7 Islas Hotel in Madrid in 2002, wanting to create a welcoming home away from home for Canary Islanders (the seven islands).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Mar. 2026
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Nearly fifty per cent of participants preferred the texts written by artificial intelligence.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
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Trump has never appreciated multilateral alliances and organizations, preferring their bilateral counterparts instead.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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The film now joins the Criterion Collection in a new digital restoration supervised by Littman.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Mar. 2026
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Minnesota’s healthcare system is supervised by the state but delivered at the local level by the state’s 87 counties.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Mar. 2026
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What does Lujano also like about soccer?—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Texas has tightened up its defense at the rim against a smallish NC State squad that likes to drive to the cup.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Mar. 2026
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Sara also enjoys photographing sports.—
Sara Diggins,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Mar. 2026
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No one enjoys wearing stiff denim—especially not when you’re wedged into a middle seat at 35,000 feet or navigating cobblestone streets for hours on end.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Care (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/care%20%28for%29. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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