1
as in watching
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
will you care for the lawn while we're gone?
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2
as in administering (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
he is caring for his mother while she's sick
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3
as in accepting
to have a favorable opinion of
I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog
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4
as in wanting
to wish to have
I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it
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5
as in preferring
to show partiality toward
she generally doesn't care for war movies
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caring (for)
Verb
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Shoutout to all the pocket-watching haters.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025 -
This season’s starting quarterback, Caleb Williams, likely wasn’t watching that game.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Passengers need more control of their seat assignments Ideally, there would also be a mechanism for accepting or rejecting a new seat.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Besides the power of the auto industry, Americans have become accepting of the ten of thousands of car crash fatalities every year.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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Johnston said the inspiration behind the plot point came from wanting to address the feeling that, since the original book was published, the world has gotten meaner and crueler.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
17 Oct. 2025
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When the situation starts to look futile, the politicians begin fleeing the airport like rats on a sinking ship, not wanting to be the one left holding the bag.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi have kept a low profile since adopting their daughter in early summer 2025, preferring to keep her out of the spotlight.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
10 Oct. 2025
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Inside the Wrigley Field office building, club officials never want to rule anything out, always preferring to wait until the last minute before making a big decision.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Jordan and Egypt are expected to take the leading role in training and supervising the new police force.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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The network also recently hired an ombudsperson—someone with no experience supervising a newsroom and a background leading the right-wing Hudson Institute think tank—to assess complaints of biased programming.—
Time,
Time,
7 Oct. 2025
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Mamdani took a particular liking to canvassing.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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But, while people may be looking, liking and following fashion more than ever, this isn’t necessarily translating to sales.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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In an email, the office referred The Star to the National Archives and Records Administration, which is responsible for overseeing the presidential libraries system.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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On Thursday, Hesselbein noted the Senate's committee overseeing colleges and universities hasn't held a public hearing on any legislation this session.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Betrayal Index was conceived precisely for the type of season Dak Prescott is enjoying — make that experiencing — through the first six weeks of the 2025 NFL season.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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On Sunday, October 12, members of the 117th Military Police Battalion, National Guard, and Memphis Police Department officers conducted community safety patrols alongside joggers and families enjoying a day out at Tom Lee Park.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Caring (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caring%20%28for%29. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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