concerned with

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: interested in

They were more concerned with discussing the latest office gossip than with getting the job done.

: having to do with : about

The memo is chiefly concerned with hiring policies.

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What’s In The Release Much of the beta release program has been concerned with stability rather than new features. — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Ross also describes Point of No Return as a novel concerned with consequence. — Matt Emma, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Taxpayers are concerned with public debt as much as tax increases, because one often leads to the other. — Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 25 July 2026 Aside from innovations within science, SNGA also is concerned with the innovation that occurs when science gets translated into products and processes by commercial interests. — ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for concerned with

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