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
What’s more normal, in our experience, is for the average American to question whether either political party cares about regular people at all.
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Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
This version of Michelle probably cares less about what other people think.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
What’s more normal, in our experience, is for the average American to question whether either political party cares about regular people at all.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
In San Diego County last school year, about one-fifth of schools and child cares — or 287 — had student vaccination rates below 95% in at least one grade level.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Her candor hasn’t been dented—this is a woman who clearly feels and cares deeply about the world.
—Helen Mirren, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
After Game 2, for example, no one cares about Addison Barger sleeping on a pullout couch or how the Blue Jays trust each other to come through in the big moments.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
The only question is how much anyone cares.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
That's because the former state employees who filed the lawsuit did not show, in the judge's eyes, that the potentially fraudulent nature of these claims had a material impact on the government's decision to pay them ― or put simply, that the government actually cares.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
This version of Michelle probably cares less about what other people think.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
What’s more normal, in our experience, is for the average American to question whether either political party cares about regular people at all.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
In San Diego County last school year, about one-fifth of schools and child cares — or 287 — had student vaccination rates below 95% in at least one grade level.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Her candor hasn’t been dented—this is a woman who clearly feels and cares deeply about the world.
—Helen Mirren, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
After Game 2, for example, no one cares about Addison Barger sleeping on a pullout couch or how the Blue Jays trust each other to come through in the big moments.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
The only question is how much anyone cares.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
That's because the former state employees who filed the lawsuit did not show, in the judge's eyes, that the potentially fraudulent nature of these claims had a material impact on the government's decision to pay them ― or put simply, that the government actually cares.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cares
watches
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Later, Ciri watches helplessly as Bonhart beheads her.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Disney says the median age of digital viewers for DWTS has dropped a whopping eight years, from 45 to 37, in just one season, while the median age of a viewer who watches the DWTS livestream every Tuesday night on Disney+ is just 28, according to Goldman.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Cares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cares. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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