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cared
  • past participle of care.
  • past tense form of care.

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The band members only cared that he wouldn’t try to change their music.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“After about three to four council meetings, they finally understood the importance of actually banning these centers because the people cared so much.”

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

"The infants that aren't being cared for where the deaths are taking place are disproportionately those that aren't desirable for adoption," it finds.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“He didn’t care about being this significant person; he didn’t see himself that way. The charity is the kind of stuff he cared about.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

One of them, Cupid, had been sick a year earlier, and Washington ordered that he be cared for properly and seen by a doctor in the main house.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis