as in regarding
having to do with
we had a meeting with the principal today concerning the new policy on student-run organizations
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1
as in covering
to have (something) as a subject matter
the book concerns the challenges faced by children growing up in single-parent households
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as in affecting
to be the business or affair of
the problems of air and water pollution that concern all of us
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as in bothering
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
we were greatly concerned by reports that yet another previously unknown virus is now posing a threat
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Recent Examples of concerning
Art De Roché, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The idea of Maggie’s untrustworthiness has already been planted in an early scene, mid-party, involving a bathroom cabinet and a hidden envelope conveniently filled with old news clippings concerning dark secrets in Alma’s past.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Meta is among the most concerning companies for AAFA members, the group’s public comments show.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Unreal videos are moving from a concerning sideshow to being the centerpiece of our feeds.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
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Focusing on those costly mistakes is only natural given the result, but other concerning aspects of recent performances cropped up again.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The idea of Maggie’s untrustworthiness has already been planted in an early scene, mid-party, involving a bathroom cabinet and a hidden envelope conveniently filled with old news clippings concerning dark secrets in Alma’s past.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Meta is among the most concerning companies for AAFA members, the group’s public comments show.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Unreal videos are moving from a concerning sideshow to being the centerpiece of our feeds.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concerning
Preposition
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Was any decision made regarding reducing Partey’s media obligations?—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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The tragedy is still under investigation but concerns have been raised regarding congested airspace and understaffed air traffic control facilities at Reagan National.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Luciano Valente pressed high onto McGinn, leaving midfield partner Hwang In-beom covering both No 10s.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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All kinds of high school sports events and the monster that was covering college recruiting.—
Nicole Young,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Rowling continues to speak out and be drawn into online battles about her views, but the controversies don’t seem to be affecting the star power behind new Potter projects.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025
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Swells generated by Jerry are affecting the Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Bahamas.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The dog recognizes that something is amiss, but isn’t capable of understanding what’s really bothering Todd.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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The injury that will sideline Herro to begin this season is one that had been bothering him for a few months.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
29 Sep. 2025
Preposition
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Recent scholarship about the holiday marks a departure from the celebration of settler triumphalism once encapsulated in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1937 proclamation of Columbus Day.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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The boat will cost about $150,000, Aguilera said.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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American Sound Design received 53 payments from the Foundation that were authorized by Gatlin, including 51 wire transfers to his corporate account at Wells Fargo.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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Washington rushed for 131 yards on 19 carries, including 84 yards in the first quarter.—
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In addition to the exploding festival stage, there’s a drunken bachelorette wreck, plus a jaw-dropping boy-with-the-red-balloon moment involving a little girl and a kite.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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The gaps in liability frameworks were laid bare after a 2018 fatal accident involving an Uber self-driving car.—
Nelson Lim,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When a school principal (Ashley Padilla) and a teacher (Mikey Day) reprimand a student (Hernandez) for disturbing drawings of him attacking the principal, the student’s father (Bad Bunny) comes in, and Padilla’s principal, immediately smitten, changes course to hitting on the student’s father.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Oct. 2025
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Something, the researchers said, must be disturbing these orbits and tilting them.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Concerning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concerning. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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