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or focusses
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 campaign focuses on supporting NICU infants with products designed alongside nurses and doctors to meet their specific needs.
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Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Instead of delivering isolated creative assets, the company focuses on aligning strategy and execution so that each initiative contributes to a broader business goal.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
The latter focuses, in part, on a six-month, $60,000 NIL deal Clary had been offered by Blueprint.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Established in 2010 by Marissa Amoni, Jenn Byrne, Lisa Gloria and Nate Miller, the festival focuses on showcasing only local artists living within 30 miles of Aurora, the release said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The show focuses on how the Metropolitan Police failed to thoroughly investigate two women’s allegations, which left Worboys free to commit assaults undetected for many years.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
The play, a British import by Mark Rosenblatt set in the summer of 1983, focuses on a moment of crisis that Dahl has inflicted on himself.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
But Schaffner said the organization focuses on raw milk advocacy rather than managing risk.
—Laura Ungar, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Just as a magnifying glass focuses sunlight to burn paper, this technique concentrates multiple wavelengths of high-energy light into a single microscopic point.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Instead of delivering isolated creative assets, the company focuses on aligning strategy and execution so that each initiative contributes to a broader business goal.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
The latter focuses, in part, on a six-month, $60,000 NIL deal Clary had been offered by Blueprint.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Established in 2010 by Marissa Amoni, Jenn Byrne, Lisa Gloria and Nate Miller, the festival focuses on showcasing only local artists living within 30 miles of Aurora, the release said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The show focuses on how the Metropolitan Police failed to thoroughly investigate two women’s allegations, which left Worboys free to commit assaults undetected for many years.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
The play, a British import by Mark Rosenblatt set in the summer of 1983, focuses on a moment of crisis that Dahl has inflicted on himself.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
But Schaffner said the organization focuses on raw milk advocacy rather than managing risk.
—Laura Ungar, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Just as a magnifying glass focuses sunlight to burn paper, this technique concentrates multiple wavelengths of high-energy light into a single microscopic point.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for focuses
concentrates
Verb
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This configuration concentrates heat for faster grilling while keeping meat juicy.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2026
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What to read next The findings also show that water ice is not evenly distributed but instead concentrates in the densest regions of cosmic dust, which act as protective shields and block harsh ultraviolet radiation from nearby newborn stars and allow those fragile molecules to survive across eons.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Focuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/focuses. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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