concerned with

idiom

: 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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For now, however, Evans and Worton are purely concerned with getting the giants on their feet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. —

Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025 There's no reason to be too concerned with the recent shoulder surgery. —

Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 After traders sold off global technology stocks en masse Monday on news of a Chinese artificial intelligence competitor, some aren’t too concerned with DeepSeek’s seemingly meteoric rise. —

Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025 Having said all that, the only film of mine that is more obviously concerned with the political is Peterloo, by definition. —

Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for concerned with

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