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
Such variability worries Hedy Chang, executive director of Attendance Works, a national nonprofit organization focused on chronic absenteeism.
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Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Celia Monreal worries every day about the cartilage loss in her husband’s knees.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
LaMalfa worries about the future of American farming and blames onerous regulations and trade policies for some of its woes.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
By virtue of its sheer scale, everything that gratifies us about submarine cables feels amplified a hundredfold in 2Africa; the same goes for everything that worries us.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Jorgensen also worries about what the cuts will mean for special education funding.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
Marta worries gently about herself, in particular about her disordered eating and loss of appetite.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
With that comes expectation, and Todd acknowledged that worries him, at least a little.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Though Lessig worries about uncertainty over what’s protected dissuading employees from coming forward.
—Harry Booth, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Celia Monreal worries every day about the cartilage loss in her husband’s knees.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
LaMalfa worries about the future of American farming and blames onerous regulations and trade policies for some of its woes.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
By virtue of its sheer scale, everything that gratifies us about submarine cables feels amplified a hundredfold in 2Africa; the same goes for everything that worries us.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Jorgensen also worries about what the cuts will mean for special education funding.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
Marta worries gently about herself, in particular about her disordered eating and loss of appetite.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
With that comes expectation, and Todd acknowledged that worries him, at least a little.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Though Lessig worries about uncertainty over what’s protected dissuading employees from coming forward.
—Harry Booth, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worries
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Islamabad fears a closer defense and security partnership between two unfriendly states located on either side of it.—
Happymon Jacob,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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The former medical secretary says she has been displaced 10 times, and fears the cold of winter as her family struggles for even the most basic necessities.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The latest not-quite-smoking-gun claim concerns a potential exomoon that may be erupting to spew debris onto and around its host planet.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Scientific American,
13 Oct. 2025
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Bubble concerns Stocks — particularly those related to AI — have soared this year.—
Tasmin Lockwood,
CNBC,
12 Oct. 2025
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So the company stresses that in their process.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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Voskuhl stresses that women need to be screened for contraindications such as breast cancer, clotting disorders or cardiovascular disease.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
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
Verb
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While Cherry is more versed at keeping her rage simmering just below the surface, Laura struggles to hide her anguish and disgust, which alarms those closest to her.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
10 Sep. 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
Verb
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Rather, what troubles him are the claims that the song’s success has been manufactured.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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But the financial angle troubles her further.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Currently comprising more than 8,300 active satellites, the Starlink constellation also disturbs radio telescope observations.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 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 19 Oct. 2025.
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