1
as in fears
to experience concern or anxiety
they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved
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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
The growing number of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) also worries space sustainability experts, who warn about the increasing risk of orbital collisions.
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Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But the immigration worries – with threats of arrest, detention, and deportation for workers – are just one way Trump’s policies are holding back construction.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Matt Wang, chair of the Clairemont Community Planning Group, said his group worries there is the potential for developers to go far beyond the base zoning included in the new plan.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
The bond market is less sure of the Fed’s success, with corporate bond spreads widening to levels last seen during the build-up to the tariff worries earlier in the year.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
After all, Uhura’s projections suggest a positive outcome, a dubious assertion that visibly worries Uhura.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
What worries health advocates most is how their region, which drew an outsized benefit from Medicaid expansion, is now vulnerable to an outsized hit.
—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
Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But the immigration worries – with threats of arrest, detention, and deportation for workers – are just one way Trump’s policies are holding back construction.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Matt Wang, chair of the Clairemont Community Planning Group, said his group worries there is the potential for developers to go far beyond the base zoning included in the new plan.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
The bond market is less sure of the Fed’s success, with corporate bond spreads widening to levels last seen during the build-up to the tariff worries earlier in the year.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
After all, Uhura’s projections suggest a positive outcome, a dubious assertion that visibly worries Uhura.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
What worries health advocates most is how their region, which drew an outsized benefit from Medicaid expansion, is now vulnerable to an outsized hit.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worries
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China’s falling consumer prices deepen deflation fears Consumer prices fell more than expected and into negative territory for the first time in months, while factory deflation persisted, adding to the challenges Chinese economic policymakers are facing.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Egypt, which built its own Aswan High Dam on the Nile in the 1960s, fears the GERD could restrict its water supply during droughts, and could encourage the construction of other upstream dams.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 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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Why ban books, Postman asked, if no one bothers to read them?—
Time,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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What bothers her most is how the refusal seemed to change her brother’s behavior.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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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 15 Sep. 2025.
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