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

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More about Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte, founded in 2010, provides free home repairs to low-income homeowners, focusing on older adults, individuals with disabilities, and veterans. — Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2026 Calvin Klein is making its official debut at the leading menswear trade show, taking over the Sala delle Colonne venue at the fairgrounds and focusing on the denim part of its fall 2027 collection. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026 Like Calderon, Hernandez chose to pursue a technical pathway at Roybal, focusing on lights and camera work and learning how to use equipment. — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026 The show also notes that the Holocaust Museum was initially reluctant to make a big deal of the album due to its policy of focusing on Auschwitz prisoners, not Nazis. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026 Advertisement Díaz-Balart nearly lost in a race that few people were focusing on or talking about. — Isvett Verde, Time, 10 Nov. 2026 Polish President Karol Nawrocki is focusing on negotiations with the United States over troop placement in his country, seeking the reassurance of an ally’s presence amid unprecedented instability and opposition from technocrats in Brussels. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026 Investors watching Texas for AI trade clues Investors were focusing on the results of the Texas gubernatorial race for clues about the AI trade because the state represents an outsized portion of data center capacity. — Sean Conlon, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026 Cassilly spent his first term focusing on government efficiencies, pushing back against developers, and upholding his interpretation of the Harford County code. — Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for focusing

Adjective

Sure, enthusiasts can add a larger LED light to illuminate scenes or an optical accessory viewfinder, but the Evo 2 doesn't work with external flashes.

— Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
Like its bigger siblings, the ELF-MN1 pairs an LCD with a micro-optical lens layer and a high-speed sensor that tracks your pupils.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of optical

Verb

Such weapons can threaten several targets within the affected zone rather than concentrating their effects on a single point.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
The composition slips in and out of deliberation, a tableau of buckets and plates concentrating energy, which the lighter detritus then loosens and disperses.

— Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of concentrating

Adjective

Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), which can cause sudden vision loss, is rare, and a causal relationship has not been established.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
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

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

After weeks of experiencing blurry vision and seeing dark spots in his right eye, the North Carolina man was diagnosed with ocular melanoma in 2016, per WBTV.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2026
An ocular staining score of 5 or higher in at least one eye earns one point in the ACR/EULAR criteria.

— Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of ocular

Adjective

Faster predictions aid robots The researchers also investigated whether faster visual predictions could improve the performance of downstream robot-control systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
The National Police of Ukraine said in a Telegram post that visual identification of some bodies was not possible and that specialists were working with relatives of the dead to collect DNA samples.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026