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 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 Rentner’s group focuses on restoring pieces of the natural floodplains to absorb water again. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 Head coach Rick Tocchet mentioned afterward that the league had given a heads-up about this push — which focuses on everything from visors to neck guards to, of course, jerseys — a few weeks earlier. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The story focuses on a novelist who moves into a building, strangely inhabited only by woman – 13 of them. — Annika Pham, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 My research focuses on addressing youth mental health challenges through early intervention, community partnerships and making mental health care easier to access. — Crystal Cederna, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 Raytron’s new approach focuses specifically on infrared imagery, where temperature, heat distribution and thermal signatures provide information that conventional visible-light cameras cannot capture. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026 Those talks have since stalled as Tehran focuses on negotiating the future of the Strait of Hormuz and Washington turns back to diplomacy. — Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 Alicia Sokolowski is a cleaning expert and president and co-CEO of AspenClean, a brand that focuses on all-natural, chemical-free cleaning. — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 19 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for focuses

concentrates

Verb

Unlike conventional air defense weapons, which launch missiles or projectiles at incoming targets, a high-energy laser concentrates light onto a small area of a target.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
OurTime Combines Phone Verification With Message Review OurTime also concentrates on an older dating audience.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026