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

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Recent Examples of focuses What to know Stock’s campaign focuses on reducing the cost of living, funding schools and ensuring equitable healthcare. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026 Most research on face processing in autism focuses on a biomarker known as the N170, which refers to a shift in brain activity that occurs 170 milliseconds after seeing a face. — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026 Positive reviews often mention honesty and professionalism, while some negative feedback focuses on issues with response time and an inability to resolve tax debt issues for some individuals. — Adam Palasciano, USA Today, 25 July 2026 The fest plays out on the pastures of the Mannix Family ranch in Helmville every June, and focuses on regenerative agriculture, food, music, and Western heritage. — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026 The endeavor particularly focuses on the items held in the Netherlands, which colonized Indonesia between 1602 and 1945. — News Desk, Artforum, 24 July 2026 Pirkei Avot, in Judaism, a tractate within the Mishnah that focuses on ethical, communal, and religious values. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026 This program, run by the National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC), focuses on creating robots that can deliver supplies in dangerous areas and help keep soldiers safer near the front lines. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for focuses

concentrates

Verb

When an agent writes part of your codebase, accountability concentrates on the human who shipped it.

— Erik Aasberg, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Technology that augments humans spreads prosperity, but technology built to imitate and substitute for them concentrates it.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2026