variants
also focussing
variants
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
Irene Wright, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
By focusing on arbitrary numbers rather than specific pathogens, the state forces legal growers to treat safe flower, stripping it of quality.
—Rino Ferrarese, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
With that information, your doctor can look beyond focusing on any one disease or condition and instead work with you to support your personal goals for a good old age.
—Jerry Gurwitz, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
Days earlier, Alba uploaded another Instagram slideshow, this time focusing on a recent trip to Disneyland with her kids.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
But for a person in recovery from an eating disorder, focusing too much on diet can be psychologically distressing.
—Mara Gordon, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026
Cody Snell, a meteorologist at the NOAA Weather Prediction Center, said experts there are looking at all the data that is possible and then focusing their messaging on the potential impacts of the storm rather than specific snowfall amounts.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Students declined to make speeches, focusing instead on catching the attention of passing cars.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Mathis said the de facto Game 3 with a region title hanging in the balance provided plenty of motivation even without focusing on state playoff seeding.
—Jack Leo, AJC.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Verb
But lawmakers have been chugging away at a lengthy docket, focusing on issues from state budgets to cell phones in schools.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
By focusing on arbitrary numbers rather than specific pathogens, the state forces legal growers to treat safe flower, stripping it of quality.
—Rino Ferrarese, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
With that information, your doctor can look beyond focusing on any one disease or condition and instead work with you to support your personal goals for a good old age.
—Jerry Gurwitz, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
Days earlier, Alba uploaded another Instagram slideshow, this time focusing on a recent trip to Disneyland with her kids.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
But for a person in recovery from an eating disorder, focusing too much on diet can be psychologically distressing.
—Mara Gordon, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026
Cody Snell, a meteorologist at the NOAA Weather Prediction Center, said experts there are looking at all the data that is possible and then focusing their messaging on the potential impacts of the storm rather than specific snowfall amounts.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Students declined to make speeches, focusing instead on catching the attention of passing cars.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Mathis said the de facto Game 3 with a region title hanging in the balance provided plenty of motivation even without focusing on state playoff seeding.
—Jack Leo, AJC.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for focusing
Adjective
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Cezanne, for example, wanted to repaint Poussin, but from nature, and, in so doing, broke up the canvas’s optical field into hot colors that advanced and cold colors that receded.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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Viewers will need optical assistance via telescope or binoculars to see Uranus and Neptune, but the remaining four planets will be visible to the naked eye, NASA said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Mountain ridges often act as ecological funnels, concentrating birds along their edges.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
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Blizzard and winter storm warnings were issued for tens of millions of people across a swath of the Northeast, concentrating around New York City.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Drones are using sonar, laser, optic and echo sound technology to look for debris on the ocean floor at depths of up to 6,000 metres.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
22 Feb. 2026
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Eyeglasses Protect your eyeglasses and clear vision by using special optic cleaning cloths to remove smudges since microfiber cloths can cause delicate scratches on special anti-reflective and mirror coatings.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone wondering how to make each hour in their workday riveting for television viewers.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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But what if the NFL did away with the not-exactly-riveting TV coin toss while also making coaches think twice about wanting to receive the ball in overtime?—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Some sufferers experience only the ocular symptoms without the pain, and others experience only the pain.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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Noting the role of eye movement in reading development, the center incorporates ocular training alongside instruction.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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EngineAI’s demonstration videos highlight PM01’s advanced visual perception, powered by an Intel RealSense depth camera.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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And a short time later, the teen was in the Philippines on a mortar ship bridge sending and receiving communications primarily by visual means, including signal flags and flashing lights.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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