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
None of you guys were really metal fans or even particularly cared much about metal per se.
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Charlie Kirk, offering Sandmann encouragement and reassuring him that people cared about him and the truth.
—Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
Suddenly, Evans says, CNN cared about his master's degree from the University of London, as his dissertation was centered on Al Qaeda.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
The teenager described Kirk as a man of faith who genuinely cared about people.
—Amanda Castro
gabe Whisnant
anna Commander
toby Meyjes
shane Croucher
john Feng
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
But no one really cared about pitch counts in that era, which could help explain why Koufax retired in the fall of ’66 at the age of 30, having pitched his last two seasons with an arthritic condition in a left elbow that Scully once remarked looked like a comma.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
Because all Elvis really wanted or cared about was being in front of an audience.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
The episode made lots of people on Merseyside conclude FSG cared only about its asset, rather than the club’s place in the community that underpins their identity.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
While many elements of the story are autobiographical, there are significant differences, the most important being that his protagonist, Seita, was an idealized character who acted far more nobly and cared much better for his little sister than Nosaka himself had been capable of.
—Ginny Tapley Takemori
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Charlie Kirk, offering Sandmann encouragement and reassuring him that people cared about him and the truth.
—Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
Suddenly, Evans says, CNN cared about his master's degree from the University of London, as his dissertation was centered on Al Qaeda.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
The teenager described Kirk as a man of faith who genuinely cared about people.
—Amanda Castro
gabe Whisnant
anna Commander
toby Meyjes
shane Croucher
john Feng
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
But no one really cared about pitch counts in that era, which could help explain why Koufax retired in the fall of ’66 at the age of 30, having pitched his last two seasons with an arthritic condition in a left elbow that Scully once remarked looked like a comma.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
Because all Elvis really wanted or cared about was being in front of an audience.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
The episode made lots of people on Merseyside conclude FSG cared only about its asset, rather than the club’s place in the community that underpins their identity.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
While many elements of the story are autobiographical, there are significant differences, the most important being that his protagonist, Seita, was an idealized character who acted far more nobly and cared much better for his little sister than Nosaka himself had been capable of.
—Ginny Tapley Takemori
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cared
watched
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Hours later, Utah officials confirmed Kirk had died, meaning that everyone who watched the video had essentially just viewed a snuff film.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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De La Cruz, who struck out looking with the bases loaded in the ninth in last week’s loss to the Mets, watched two strikes from Morejon to fall behind 1-2.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Cared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cared. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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