Thesaurus results for FOCUSSING

focusing 1 of 2

adjective

variants also focussing

as in optical

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focusing

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verb

variants also focussing

present participle of focus

as in concentrating

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 focusing

Verb

Rather than focusing exclusively on demonstrations, the courses guide you through practical projects. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026 El-Sayed and Rogers each spent about 20 minutes answering the same eight questions, focusing on different sectors of the economy. — Elle Meyers, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 By focusing on what works, measuring what counts, and investing in innovation. — David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026 But in a sports world toxically focused on legacies and championships, there’s a certain level of freedom in just … focusing on the smaller picture. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026 The court filing out of Highlands County accuses television stations of breaking the law by airing Democratic candidates’ ad focusing on the jury’s report, which was leaked to CBS Miami and published in August. — Justin Garcia, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 Instead of focusing on single nutrients, think about your overall eating pattern, says de Souza. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 19 Oct. 2026 For example, the kill switch metaphor hides the complexity of advanced AI models by focusing on the fact that a model can be on or off. — Trent Wintermeier, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026 The way to achieve the hairdo is by focusing the volume at the crown of the head. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for focusing

Adjective

The improvement demonstrates how low-noise lasers and high-quality optical resonators can increase rotation sensitivity on a photonic chip.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Its new SkyDock system allows two optical tubes to be connected and the telescope has live night sky monitoring to predict available observations.

— Harry Bennett, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of optical

Verb

One mirror focused the X-rays vertically, while the other focused them horizontally, concentrating the beam into a spot measuring just 180 × 330 nanometers.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Rather than concentrating solely on those responsible, Terzić widens the circle to the classmates who were silent bystanders who never intervened.

— Essie Assibu, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of concentrating

Adjective

One example is optic neuritis, which is inflammation of the optic nerve that can interrupt electrical signals carrying visual information from the eye to the brain.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Approximately four months after starting the medication, Engel was diagnosed with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION).

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of optic

Verb

The biggest news going into the second week of this year’s riveting French Open?

— Corey Seymour, Vogue, 1 June 2026
Pomona native and Cal Poly grad who flew Navy F-18s successfully launches as pilot of NASA’s riveting Artemis II mission around the moon, the first such voyage since the Apollo program in 1972.

— Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026

Definition of riveting

Adjective

Advances robot Intelligence Neuron AI is a robot foundation model designed to combine visual perception, touch, sound, language, and memory to help robots perform complex tasks.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
One critical component of getting the time and place to feel right was recreating the ’70s, rather than leaning on a corny pastiche or tired visual clichés.

— William Earl, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026