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
No one cares more about protecting America’s youth than our wonderful First Lady.
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Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
No one cares more about protecting America’s youth than our wonderful First Lady—now a movie star.
—Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
No one cares more about protecting America's youth than our wonderful First Lady.
—CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Just the optics of leaving Washington can help telegraph to voters that a president cares about connecting with them.
—Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Change understandably raises questions — particularly in a community that cares deeply about preserving its character.
—Troy McLellan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
There’s been a lot of discussion this season about whether Darryn Peterson really cares about Kansas.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Their customer relationships erode because every interaction feels like talking to a machine that neither knows nor cares about them.
—Brad Anderson, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
No one cares if the New Horizons mission will never see Earth again now that it's completed its historic flyby of Pluto.
—New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
No one cares more about protecting America’s youth than our wonderful First Lady—now a movie star.
—Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
No one cares more about protecting America's youth than our wonderful First Lady.
—CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Just the optics of leaving Washington can help telegraph to voters that a president cares about connecting with them.
—Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Change understandably raises questions — particularly in a community that cares deeply about preserving its character.
—Troy McLellan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
There’s been a lot of discussion this season about whether Darryn Peterson really cares about Kansas.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Their customer relationships erode because every interaction feels like talking to a machine that neither knows nor cares about them.
—Brad Anderson, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
No one cares if the New Horizons mission will never see Earth again now that it's completed its historic flyby of Pluto.
—New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cares
watches
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The Satanic Slasher's got a heck of a body count already when he’s pulled over by cops for a routine traffic stop, and Kansas highway patrol officer Jane Archer (Georgina Campbell) watches her husband get gunned down in cold blood in front of her.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Keen observers, Anglophiles, and anyone who watches movies made before 1972 will notice more than a casual similarity to Kind Hearts and Coronets, the old Ealing comedy in which an enterprising young Dennis Price attempts to off his relatives in order to claim the family fortune.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Cares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cares. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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