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as in to transform
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as in to focus
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Recent Examples of refocus
Between each number, Tetzloff took a moment to refocus his breath before diving into Gershwin’s jazzy lushness.
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Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
Companies like General Motors, Delta Air Lines, Starbucks, Apple, and Ford all had to pare back and refocus to get healthy.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
Clearing even a little of the clutter gives your brain room to refocus on what actually matters.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
The coordinated push underscores an effort to refocus voters on domestic priorities after weeks dominated by conflict abroad, rising energy prices, and renewed Republican infighting.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2026
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Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
Companies like General Motors, Delta Air Lines, Starbucks, Apple, and Ford all had to pare back and refocus to get healthy.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
Clearing even a little of the clutter gives your brain room to refocus on what actually matters.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
The coordinated push underscores an effort to refocus voters on domestic priorities after weeks dominated by conflict abroad, rising energy prices, and renewed Republican infighting.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refocus
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The previous two artists to take over the pavilion, Simone Leigh (2022) and Jeffrey Gibson (2024), sought to radically transform the Palladian structure in the center of the Giardini, built in 1930.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
6 May 2026
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Minab has been transformed into a landscape of collective grief, where the rhythm of daily life now includes frequent visits to the cemetery, where small graves are arranged in neat rows, just steps apart, mimicking the order of a school assembly.—
Zohreh Saberi,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Policymakers certainly ought to focus on this.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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Over the past two decades, schools have started requiring even the youngest children to focus on more challenging academic tasks.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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But with the arrival of the next course, bread and butter, I was forced to revise my theory.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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The show was extensively revised during a workshop period at the O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Andrew is aiming to finish with its best record since a 22-14 showing in 2017.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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The United States and Iran are moving closer to an agreement on a short memorandum that aims to end the Iran war, a regional source familiar with the negotiations sad.—
Alejandra Jaramillo,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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As part of the changes, the company recast financials for prior periods.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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Downtown Brooklyn’s 141 Willoughby Street was an under-construction residential tower when the developers flipped their plans in 2019, converting it to an office build and recasting it as the borough’s next big business hub.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
1 May 2026
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In a 41-40 win over Notre Dame earlier in the year, Bateman said, York would point at the sky or point at the ground pre-snap to indicate pass or run solely based on how Fighting Irish quarterback CJ Carr was standing.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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Sharp antennae point skyward as feathers of adornment.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Now, the Mamdani administration is pushing for additional changes that would readjust the formula to the city’s benefit.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Designers conceive of collections months (okay, at least weeks) in advance of their show dates, giving them little time to readjust to the outside world.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
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This is not a residency that intends to try to reinvent a wheel that the U2 and Dead runs already pretty well reinvented.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
4 May 2026
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The offer comes amid something of a revival at eBay, which has pushed to reinvent itself in the face of rising competition from the likes of Walmart, Amazon, Shein and Facebook Marketplace.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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“Refocus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refocus. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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