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
Firstman stars as Peter, a debauched millennial aging out of a New York scene that never cared about him as a person in the first place.
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Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
Nobody there cared that blockchain infrastructure was quietly powering parts of the ticketing and settlement rails underneath the event.
—Azeem Khan, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Nearly two years after that tragedy, family, friends and supporters are continuing a mission the brothers cared deeply about.
—Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Baltimore voters cared enough about term limits to specifically complete that question at one of the highest participation rates on the ballot.
—Jovani Patterson, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2026
Many reporters covering the W genuinely cared about helping grow the game.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
Altman pushed back on that notion, testifying that what Musk really cared about was control.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 13 May 2026
Palermo says guitarist/vocalist Matt Talbott initially wasn’t convinced people cared.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 13 May 2026
But Usha, more capable than any of them, couldn’t have cared less about any of that.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
Nobody there cared that blockchain infrastructure was quietly powering parts of the ticketing and settlement rails underneath the event.
—Azeem Khan, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Nearly two years after that tragedy, family, friends and supporters are continuing a mission the brothers cared deeply about.
—Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Baltimore voters cared enough about term limits to specifically complete that question at one of the highest participation rates on the ballot.
—Jovani Patterson, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2026
Many reporters covering the W genuinely cared about helping grow the game.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
Altman pushed back on that notion, testifying that what Musk really cared about was control.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 13 May 2026
Palermo says guitarist/vocalist Matt Talbott initially wasn’t convinced people cared.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 13 May 2026
But Usha, more capable than any of them, couldn’t have cared less about any of that.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cared
watched
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Arsenal fans smuggled themselves into the home end, and some watched the roof of the nearby Sainsbury’s.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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Using their new mapping technique, the scientists watched the family tree branch out over deep time.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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“Cared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cared. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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