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
The woman was in a standard SNAP demographic, not that Manna asks or cares whether its clients are registered for that program.
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Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 8 Nov. 2025
No one cares about them, and no one is rooting for them.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
No one thinks about or cares about the night sky.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
And Hemsworth cares deeply about health and his family.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 6 Nov. 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.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 29 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
Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 8 Nov. 2025
No one cares about them, and no one is rooting for them.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
No one thinks about or cares about the night sky.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
And Hemsworth cares deeply about health and his family.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 6 Nov. 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.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 29 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cares
watches
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His wife, Genevieve Padalecki, often watches the show with their 8-year-old daughter Odette, who has almost all good things to say about it.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Glen Powell, naked except for a towel, dangles from a rope eight stories in the air in below-freezing Bulgaria as director Edgar Wright watches from the ground in a parka, sipping an espresso.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Cares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cares. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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