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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
While much of the attention focuses on ensuring fabrics don’t shrink, snag, or fade in the laundry, a few common laundry mistakes can also cause damage to your garments in the form of wrinkles that even the most qualified irons have a tough go at pressing out.
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Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
The film focuses on Chisholm’s 1972 presidential campaign, marking the first time a Black candidate ran for a major party in American history.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Glenn Roberts is the Founder of Anson Mills, based in Columbia, South Carolina, which focuses on offering and preserving heirloom grains.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2025
That list focuses not on purchases, but on the most successful collections on platforms like Apple Music and Spotify.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Their film focuses on Adra and his family and neighbors, whose ancestral homeland was taken over by Israeli forces to become a closed military training zone.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
Alexander’s practice focuses on the federal income tax aspects of energy transition transactions, including renewable energy, carbon capture, biogas property, and electric vehicles.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
The group focuses on the challenges of aging, especially with mental illness.
—Jennifer Pierce, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
In the first episode of Win or Lose, Laurie’s Christianity is shown as just one part of her character’s story, which mostly focuses on her eagerness to please and her desperation to become a better softball player.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 4 Mar. 2025
Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
The film focuses on Chisholm’s 1972 presidential campaign, marking the first time a Black candidate ran for a major party in American history.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Glenn Roberts is the Founder of Anson Mills, based in Columbia, South Carolina, which focuses on offering and preserving heirloom grains.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2025
That list focuses not on purchases, but on the most successful collections on platforms like Apple Music and Spotify.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Their film focuses on Adra and his family and neighbors, whose ancestral homeland was taken over by Israeli forces to become a closed military training zone.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
Alexander’s practice focuses on the federal income tax aspects of energy transition transactions, including renewable energy, carbon capture, biogas property, and electric vehicles.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
The group focuses on the challenges of aging, especially with mental illness.
—Jennifer Pierce, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
In the first episode of Win or Lose, Laurie’s Christianity is shown as just one part of her character’s story, which mostly focuses on her eagerness to please and her desperation to become a better softball player.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 4 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for focuses
concentrates
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Swedish culture also concentrates on work-life balance, and mys plays heavily into that.—
Maggie Gillette,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Jan. 2025
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Twelve Labs concentrates on video search - maybe byebye youtube - using AI to index both visual and audio elements so users can search within video content.—
Lutz Finger,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Focuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/focuses. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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