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 Peptides and stem cells are two peas in the pod of regenerative medicine, which focuses on therapies that claim to trigger the body’s natural healing mechanisms. — Margaret Manto, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026 That is what Gail Braccidiferro MacDonald set out to change with her new book, which focuses on Black abolitionists. — Sam Calhoun, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026 By tightening those subplots, the series focuses more by design on exploring the inner lives of Cathy, Adam and Lee (Hoon Lee) — the Trask’s cook and housekeeper who becomes a second parent of sorts to Charles’ twin boys, Cal and Aron. — Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026 One theory focuses on political considerations — that extending the deportation reprieve could have made the administration appear weak on immigration to its conservative base, just ahead of next month’s consequential midterm election. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 The initiative focuses on protecting military installations, critical assets and personnel. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 The 724-page report, released Friday, comes from UL Research Institutes (ULRI), an organization that focuses on safety science. — Evan Bush, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026 Capacity Matters As Much As Capability Much of the conversation around AI transformation focuses on capability. — Eva Majercsik, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 With a budget of $80 million, the film focuses on two friends magically transported to an island rooted in Philippine mythology. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for focuses

concentrates

Verb

But the latest release — though unlikely to materially affect the results of the upcoming election — once again concentrates attention on Tinubu’s time in the US.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Just as a still concentrates a large batch of weak liquid into a smaller batch of strong stuff, AI distillation condenses a big model into a smaller one that, ideally, acts like the original.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026