Thesaurus results for FOCUSES

focuses

verb

variants or focusses

present tense third-person singular of focus

as in concentrates

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective try to focus your attention on the task at hand

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Recent Examples of focuses Chair44 isn’t exactly the first example of such a monotile in three dimensions, according to Kaplan, a computer scientist whose research focuses on the intersection of mathematics and art. — Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026 The campaign focuses on the testing and traceability behind labels on clothing and home textiles. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 The first half focuses on the early entrepreneurial years, deftly incorporating archival footage with the usual talking heads. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Oct. 2026 ChatGPT Work is built into ChatGPT and focuses on longer, multi-step tasks. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 At Abounding Prosperity, a group that focuses on HIV prevention in Black Texans, the funding loss amounts to losing more than half of their prevention funding, said CEO Tamara Stephney. — Ciara McCarthy 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026 The flight simulator focuses on pilot proficiency, while the maintenance trainer is intended to develop the technical skills needed to keep aircraft available for missions. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 Peptides and stem cells are two peas in the pod of regenerative medicine, which focuses on therapies that claim to trigger the body’s natural healing mechanisms. — Margaret Manto, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026 That is what Gail Braccidiferro MacDonald set out to change with her new book, which focuses on Black abolitionists. — Sam Calhoun, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for focuses

concentrates

Verb

But the latest release — though unlikely to materially affect the results of the upcoming election — once again concentrates attention on Tinubu’s time in the US.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Just as a still concentrates a large batch of weak liquid into a smaller batch of strong stuff, AI distillation condenses a big model into a smaller one that, ideally, acts like the original.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026