as in compassionate
having or showing concern for the well-being of others
There are many caring people in the community.
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as in watching
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 caring
Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
The Sun joins precocious Mercury in your 2nd House of Logistics for a caring conjunction.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2026
Lorraine K. Lee, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
That ease is often what makes a gesture feel genuinely caring.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
There’s no reason loving, caring partners cannot have written agreements to help avoid misunderstandings.
—Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
The Sun joins precocious Mercury in your 2nd House of Logistics for a caring conjunction.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2026
Verb
Reducing overwhelm isn’t about doing less or caring less.
—Lorraine K. Lee, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
That ease is often what makes a gesture feel genuinely caring.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caring
Adjective
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Depictions of such raw humanity have the capacity to shape us into more compassionate community members, more thoughtful voters and more indignant seekers of justice.—
Anya Sesay,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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On the surface, this may sound compassionate.—
Eleanor Sobel,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Neuroscience has long shown that watching another person experience pain activates the same neural regions as experiencing pain ourselves.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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And there’s Faithfull, watching her past paraded before her with an amused smile and a sense of high irony still intact.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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We are mostly meant to feel the movie, to allow our souls to be prodded and hugged tightly by this benevolent picture’s generous assessment of the most dangerous animal to ever exist on the planet.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
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Trump should ask himself whether stirring a hornet’s nest serves any purpose other than pointlessly alienating a benevolent neighbor that is beginning to pad its insurance policy by reaching out to non-hemispheric powers.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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For people with sensitive skin, eczema, psoriasis, or contact allergies, gloves are not just helpful.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2026
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Genuine is the magic word here—everyone is smiling, but not in that forced, veering on creepy way—the team is just a naturally happy and helpful bunch.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Will Swenson, the accomplished Broadway actor, offers an unusually sympathetic yet never sentimentalized Sweeney.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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In one corner, the heartless girlboss; in the other, the crackpot conspiracy theorist (who just happens to be more sympathetic and charismatic than such types usually are).—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But other legislators were concerned about the prospect of having armed guards with no training acting as a security guard.—
Lauren Costantino
February 5,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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Mayor Karen Bass was concerned about legal liabilities for failures in combating the Palisades fire, the sources said.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Open since 2023, the hotel is a thoughtful restoration of the once-chic but long dormant Union Club, the former gathering place for industrialists and politicians.—
John Bowe,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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Nights call for dinner at Beefbar, where prime cuts and thoughtful vegetarian dishes anchor the menu.—
Molly Barstein,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This loving tribute to Marianne Faithfull is the answer to boring rock docs and uninspired music biopics.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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Melania takes pains to include many shots of her and Donald acting like a loving couple, which threatens to take the film out of the realm of nonfiction.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Caring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caring. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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