cares

present tense third-person singular of care
as in watches
to have an interest or concern for a teacher who cares what happens to her students long after they leave her classroom

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Recent Examples of cares Because Director Swift is the only person who still cares about EPK’s, apparently. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2026 This makes your role clear and situates it in the context of goals everyone cares about. — Melody Wilding, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 Or to feel that no one with the power to do something cares that you were abused. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026 Gallup also found that employees who feel respected and believe their organization cares about their well-being are less likely to fear displacement. — Stacey Hanke, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Teenagers should also understand that some AI products are designed to keep users engaged, and that an endlessly attentive chatbot may have incentives that are very different from those of a person who actually cares about them. — Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 Miller said this year's team cares about and supports one another while pushing each other to improve every day. — Sam Crenshaw, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 No one cares about Hal, other than Sheriff Kane, but Hal cared about them. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2026 Iowa State’s spending will likely need to grow as Rogers establishes himself within an athletic department that cares deeply about football and basketball. — David Ubben, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cares
watches
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  • The music is used in a scene where Alex watches his brother fight while the cartoon score plays, syncing humorously with the action.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Nobody else who works on (or watches) these films ever thinks about the people who live in these locations for the rest of the year.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Cares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cares. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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