cares

present tense third-person singular of care
as in watches
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 cares Streaming cares about your schwa. Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025 As well as rising rates of burnout, the survey found that 48 percent of employees feel confident that their employer cares about their mental health, down from 54 percent last year. Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 The economy is yet to fully collapse, and, for now, the Kremlin cares more about making gains in Ukraine. J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025 However, if clubhouse chemistry doesn’t show up on the field, well, who really cares? Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 Oh somebody cares about Ocean’s 8! Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025 Paramount is believed to be spending $150 million on the maneuver, one that even insiders acknowledge has only a slim guarantee of succeeding and could draw more scrutiny than the company cares to attract. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025 If the family cares so much about 'being nice,' then someone should buy her a dress. Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025 Indisputably, however, One Battle After Another cares more about tone than plot. Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cares
watches
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  • The group watches as a sock puppet opens up a lemonade stand for business and frolics around a lemon farm before Tomlinson dives into a swimming pool.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Brandis watches Robbie die while speeding to the emergency room.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Cares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cares. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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