1
as in fears
to experience concern or anxiety
they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved
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2
as in concerns
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
those strange noises outside the house worry me
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Recent Examples of worries
What worries health advocates most is how their region, which drew an outsized benefit from Medicaid expansion, is now vulnerable to an outsized hit.
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Luke Tilley, chief economist at Wilmington Trust, worries a downside surprise is coming in the jobs data.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
In New York City’s Chinatown in 1931, Luli Lee daydreams about dim sum and worries about her parents, who are struggling to keep the family restaurant afloat during the Great Depression.
—Caroline Carlson
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The employee avoids the task but also worries about it.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Elizabeth Rodriguez worries there won’t be enough workers available for the gins and other machinery once the fields are cleared.
—Corey Williams, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Ezekiel Emanuel, who was a health-care adviser to Barack Obama, has been critical of Kennedy’s anti-vaccine views and worries that the movement’s fondness for supplements of dubious merit could be a distraction.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
Attorney Sam Barncastle, who worked for years on behalf of irrigators, worries small farming operations and backyard gardeners could ultimately be pushed out.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Badwan worries too about the warnings she's heard from doctors who have been in Gaza.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Luke Tilley, chief economist at Wilmington Trust, worries a downside surprise is coming in the jobs data.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
In New York City’s Chinatown in 1931, Luli Lee daydreams about dim sum and worries about her parents, who are struggling to keep the family restaurant afloat during the Great Depression.
—Caroline Carlson
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The employee avoids the task but also worries about it.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Elizabeth Rodriguez worries there won’t be enough workers available for the gins and other machinery once the fields are cleared.
—Corey Williams, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Ezekiel Emanuel, who was a health-care adviser to Barack Obama, has been critical of Kennedy’s anti-vaccine views and worries that the movement’s fondness for supplements of dubious merit could be a distraction.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
Attorney Sam Barncastle, who worked for years on behalf of irrigators, worries small farming operations and backyard gardeners could ultimately be pushed out.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Badwan worries too about the warnings she's heard from doctors who have been in Gaza.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worries
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Now, amid the federal overhaul, Morgan fears the VA will toss aside her family and other families' cases.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Mounting inflation fears These aren’t the first warnings on inflation from Slok.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Namely, the fact that Powell’s booksellers had been raising concerns about the use AI art long before the merch drop—concerns that management repeatedly overruled.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
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Gurman’s final note concerns the cameras, which may be one of the star features.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Sep. 2025
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Gao stresses that there is no off-the-shelf technology solution for this pace, but data is the key input.—
Jamie Gutfreund,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Framework stresses that, without policy actions, strategic plans risk moving in different directions, lose coherence or fall away.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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In New York, there’s no worry; no one bothers us.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Instead of asking if Kyle is okay, Fraser frets that her husband paid the tip.—
Emma Soren,
Vulture,
12 Aug. 2025
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But the administration’s approach alarms other Jewish groups and erstwhile academic allies in the fight against campus antisemitism.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
27 Aug. 2025
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In visceral and unrelenting prose, the novel troubles the easy distinctions between victim and perpetrator.—
Katie Kitamura
August 21,
Literary Hub,
21 Aug. 2025
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Notwithstanding, firing Erika McEntarfer troubles me greatly.—
Phillip Molnar,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
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The water is perfectly clear — until someone brushes the side of the cave or disturbs the soft bottom, sending fine silt particles billowing into the beam of a headlamp.—
Jennifer Walker,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Worries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worries. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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