as in watched
to have an interest or concern for
a teacher who cares what happens to her students long after they leave her classroom
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Recent Examples of cared
The idea Jimmy cared enough to show me that part of his original Key West was a gift.
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Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Nobody cared about our psyches and so, so much stuff flew under the radar.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Nobody cared but the two teams.
—Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
No one cared that the confessions came without counsel.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
No one cared—except for the fans.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
Stanislavski cared about your psyche.
—Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Humble and extremely hard-working, nobody cared more about the Minnesota Wild than Mikko.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
So the cash was gone, the credit and debit cards cancelled, and no one had ever cared about the pens or the Polaroid of Andrés.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Nobody cared about our psyches and so, so much stuff flew under the radar.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Nobody cared but the two teams.
—Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
No one cared that the confessions came without counsel.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
No one cared—except for the fans.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
Stanislavski cared about your psyche.
—Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Humble and extremely hard-working, nobody cared more about the Minnesota Wild than Mikko.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
So the cash was gone, the credit and debit cards cancelled, and no one had ever cared about the pens or the Polaroid of Andrés.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cared
watched
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But those who’ve watched the Blackhawks on a nightly basis know Spencer Knight has been masking some familiar defensive deficiencies.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The next day, when both South Korean ships sailed toward two Chinese aquaculture structures, they were closely watched by the Chinese coast guard.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Cared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cared. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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