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 The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor focuses on the frustration in some suburban neighborhoods about the state law that bypasses local zoning rules. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 Personal legal responsibility focuses minds on safety, builds public trust and helps ensure that the race among AI leaders to come out on top doesn’t come at everyone else’s expense. — Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 The brand focuses on major NBA franchises including the Knicks, Warriors, Lakers, Celtics and 76ers. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 Beere credited the reductions in part to the department's Ceasefire strategy, which focuses on preventing violence, and stronger partnerships with community members. — Da Lin, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 The Army’s emerging concept focuses on separating laser weapon systems from the specific vehicles on which they are installed. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026 As Cohen is best known for playing characters like Ali G, Borat and Brüno in the real world while interacting with unsuspecting people, the interview focuses on the craft behind his brand of undercover comedy and the objectives of his satire. — Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 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 first half focuses on the early entrepreneurial years, deftly incorporating archival footage with the usual talking heads. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for focuses

concentrates

Verb

Violent crime concentrates in poor neighborhoods, and largely because of our history, Black Americans are far more likely than white Americans to live in them.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
But the power this concentrates in the hands of one corporation and person – SpaceX and Musk – has raised alarm bells.

— Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026