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also focussing
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
Saleen Martin, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Instead of focusing on the weeds, put your efforts toward improving the overall health of your lawn.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
But focusing only on that number misses the real story.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025
France recovered joie de vie and economy by focusing on entertainment.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
This can be as simple as bodyweight movements, resistance bands or dumbbells, focusing on compound/functional movements like squats, pushes and pulls.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
According to Amrine, the staff told the team to keep focusing on themselves regardless of the score.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
This might mean focusing on a single task or room and then rewarding herself when the job is complete.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
The projects not only address Denver’s office vacancy issue but also promote urban density while focusing on sustainability.
—Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Bluemercury declined to share specific plans for 2026, but said the company will continue focusing on expanding.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Instead of focusing on the weeds, put your efforts toward improving the overall health of your lawn.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
But focusing only on that number misses the real story.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025
France recovered joie de vie and economy by focusing on entertainment.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
This can be as simple as bodyweight movements, resistance bands or dumbbells, focusing on compound/functional movements like squats, pushes and pulls.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
According to Amrine, the staff told the team to keep focusing on themselves regardless of the score.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
This might mean focusing on a single task or room and then rewarding herself when the job is complete.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
The projects not only address Denver’s office vacancy issue but also promote urban density while focusing on sustainability.
—Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for focusing
Verb
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Even then, Joao Pedro is seen as more of a No 10 or someone who likes to drop deep as a centre-forward rather than solely concentrating on getting into the area.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The partnership reflects a broader industry shift as buy-now, pay-later providers expand their focus into physical retail after initially concentrating on e-commerce.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The research is not over With lasers, beam delivery, and optical control now working on chips, the researchers are close to replicating an entire optical table in miniature form.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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Since then, cooling atoms and trapping them has become a cottage industry, giving rise to optical atomic clocks, atomic navigation systems, and neutral-atom quantum computers.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The single-button power control is a favorite feature of our reviewer Williams, as well as the fluffy optic cleaner head that cleans and polishes her hard floors.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
25 Sep. 2025
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Scott Summers, the leader of the X-Men team from Marvel comics who's capable of firing optic blasts, in 2000's X-Men.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The dogs were suffering from multiple ailments including ocular, dermatological and musculoskeletal diseases and respiratory disorders.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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Following the procedure, the patient was prescribed oral and ocular glucocorticoids due to the severity of the case.—
Sabienna Bowman,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But Masumura’s manner is raw and harsh, a cinematic parallel to pulp fiction, with intense emotional and physical violence, candid and heated eroticism, hectic performances, and luridly skewed visual compositions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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The company has been systematically integrating AI into its entire content value chain, from script analysis and green-lighting decisions to postproduction and visual effects.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Focusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/focusing. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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