1
as in watches
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
will you care for the lawn while we're gone?
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2
as in ministers (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
he is caring for his mother while she's sick
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3
as in accepts
to have a favorable opinion of
I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog
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as in wants
to wish to have
I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it
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as in prefers
to show partiality toward
she generally doesn't care for war movies
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cares (for)
Verb
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Around the same time, a young Paul Thomas Anderson watches The Basketball Diaries and sees potential.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026 -
Earlier in the day, a line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved across the state, prompting tornado warnings and watches across a large portion of Georgia.—
CBS News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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YoloCares accepts hospice and palliative care admissions around the clock and has received high quality-of-care ratings, Bourgoub said.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Bubo accepts microSD cards with a maximum storage of up to one TB for approximately 200,000 photos of 5MB each and about 260 hours of videos at 720p/60fps or 120 hours at 1080p/60fps.—
Shirl Leigh
March 10,
New Atlas,
10 Mar. 2026
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That’s the version of himself Arenas wants to recapture.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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In the Afrikaans world of my childhood, dancing often meant the stolid vastrap (tight-step), the terrible langarm (long-arm, a two-step that desperately wants to be a one-step), or, worst of all, volkspele (national or popular games), compulsory in Afrikaans-medium state-run schools.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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Tenev prefers to write his thoughts down by hand each night.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Cabrera prefers his catchers not moving their mitt to the corners during spring to better help with preparation and practice for targeting his pitches within the zone.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Executive Office for Immigration Review, which supervises the court, didn’t return a request for comment by press time.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Jack Lang had been summoned to report on Sunday to the Foreign Ministry, which supervises the Arab World Institute, a cultural and research institution that promotes understanding of the Arab world.—
Reuters 13 hr ago,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
25 Nov. 2025
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Our shopping writer Julia Harrison likes to go one step further with a bed blanket underneath her duvet and above her sheets for a bit of weight and additional warmth.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
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Highly recommended for Wick-heads and just anyone who likes a good Hollywood-style adrenaline rush.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Sara also enjoys photographing sports.—
Sara Diggins,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Mar. 2026
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No one enjoys wearing stiff denim—especially not when you’re wedged into a middle seat at 35,000 feet or navigating cobblestone streets for hours on end.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Cares (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cares%20%28for%29. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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