refocused

past tense of refocus

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for refocused
Verb
  • Every neighborhood has its own part in the story too, as the nightlife nexus has migrated up and down Manhattan, shimmied across the East River and back, and transformed, faltered, and thrived again over the past six decades.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • Alongside husband and series co-creator Garrett Kennell, Khare has transformed her digital series into one of contemporary Hollywood’s most ambitious nonfiction productions online.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • Originally focused on electric-vehicle battery recycling, Redwood is now growing even more on using battery recycling to build battery energy storage for hyperscalers and the grid.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • Testimony and evidence in the trial has not focused on race, but social media posts and protests outside the courthouse have divided along racial lines in a case where the victim was white and the defendant is Black.
    Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • In recent years, however, the number of students that needed to take the class exploded—from 32 in 2020 to 665 in 2025—and deficiencies have become so bad that the course had to be redesigned to cover middle school and even elementary level skills.
    Adam B. Summers, Oc Register, 11 June 2026
  • In 1976, the residence was redesigned as a retirement home for church missioners.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Shasta County Superior Court judges denied two prior lawsuits that aimed to block Measure B from appearing on the ballot, including one from Shasta County’s attorney Joseph Larmour, without ruling on the substance of their cases.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
  • Google has announced a new legal salvo aimed at a Chinese group called Outsider Enterprise, which is allegedly responsible for a massive AI-powered scam campaign.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Prior months were also revised sharply higher, indicating the labor market was much more resilient than previously thought in the face of higher oil prices caused by the Iran war.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 June 2026
  • Employers added 172,000 jobs in May, and previous months were revised upward, according to the Labor Department.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • According to the complaint, the man had his camera pointed at a child at one point.
    Nick Lentz, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • It feels pointed at this point.
    Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • But when the Browns reworked Garrett’s contract to make a post-June 1 trade a possibility, the most aggressive team in the league finally saw an opportunity.
    Nate Atkins, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • Napoleonic tailoring is reworked through a modern lens, and ruffled necklines and opulent bows overtake more demure details.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • The production is co-created and co-directed by choreographer Steven Hoggett and theater artist Christine Jones, with Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke reworking the album’s material.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • Six months before the January 2025 fires, directed ChatGPT to generate an image of a burning forest, a bunch of people running away from it, with people in poverty trying to get past a gigantic gate with dollar signs on it.
    Sierra van der Brug, Daily News, 10 June 2026
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“Refocused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refocused. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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