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as in to care
to have an interest or concern for as a fiduciary, she has an obligation to look out for our interests

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look out for

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for look out (for)
Verb
  • Would a guy have cared less about what people were saying about them?
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Cost was reported as the most prominent barrier to care in Texas, which was reflective of a national trend showing families with private insurance face greater barriers compared with families using public programs like Medicaid, according to the survey.
    Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On a patch of public land north of Ramona earlier this month, Angela Hernandez-Cusick watched with a group of wildlife experts as the door to each cub’s carrier was opened.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The desert sprawls into the Mexican state of Sonora and on distant peaks, the sheriff’s deputies say, cartel scouts sit with binoculars watching their every move.
    Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His mother, Lucia Ayala, visited him weekly and noticed the onset of a cough, the outlet said.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Security sweep on course As the Republican candidate stood on the fifth-hole putting green last September, Fercano, the Secret Service agent, was riding a golf cart in a security sweep of the sixth hole and noticed someone hiding behind a chain-link fence in the southeast corner of the course.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Look out (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/look%20out%20%28for%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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