Thesaurus results for FOCUSSES

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of focuses The Musée d'Orsay focuses on art from 1848 to 1914 and houses the most extensive Impressionist art collection in the world. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026 When Moore finally abandons the pretense and focuses in earnest on his presidential ambitions, the damage to Maryland will be incalculable and likely irreparable. — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026 The book instead focuses on Penelope’s diplomatic genius, along with her loyal women who form a network of spies for her along with a secret militia that quietly runs the island from the shadows for two decades while their men are away at war. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 Cerulli, being a financial research firm, focuses its study on the total wealth being transferred, including the outsized share of fortunes being passed down by the ultra wealthy. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 17 July 2026 The plan focuses on creating a domestic training and sustainment capability instead of relying heavily on overseas support. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026 My answer focuses on the role of autocratic political elites – that is, the party officials, military officers and other regime insiders who control the state. — José Kaire, The Conversation, 17 July 2026 The entry focuses on the journey of Fay (played in the games by Daredevil star Deborah Ann Woll) through the afterlife of the gods. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026 Kevin Birth, a professor of anthropology at Queens College whose research focuses on cultural concepts of time, was in elementary school in Syracuse, New York, at the time and remembers it vividly. — Deepti Hajela, Fortune, 16 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for focuses

concentrates

Verb

Pinot Noir and Riesling snobs may prefer to hop across the lake to von Mandl’s winery that concentrates solelyon those grapes—Martin’s Lane.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 July 2026
What survived is a tax that raises little, exempts anyone with a bank account, and concentrates its burden on the sliver of senders least able to route around it.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026