concerned with
idiom
1
: interested in
They were more concerned with discussing the latest office gossip than with getting the job done.
2
: having to do with : about
The memo is chiefly concerned with hiring policies.
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Fragments of the debates about authorizing the persecutions show courtiers much more concerned with policing ordinary life than their predecessors.
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Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Analysts had widely expected a rate hold at the December meeting, as policymakers remain concerned with stubborn services inflation and wage growth.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
She’s also grown less concerned with making people like her.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, the Chinese are primarily concerned with transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy and cutting carbon levels.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Analysts had widely expected a rate hold at the December meeting, as policymakers remain concerned with stubborn services inflation and wage growth.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
She’s also grown less concerned with making people like her.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, the Chinese are primarily concerned with transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy and cutting carbon levels.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Concerned with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concerned%20with. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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