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refocused

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past tense of refocus

as in transformed

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In some neighborhoods, as many as one-fourth of housing options have been transformed into short-term rentals.

— Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
The elder Lewis eventually transformed the ranch into a commercial complex and started renting space to businesses.

— Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of transformed

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The leader, facing a tough re-election battle, has focused much of his campaign ahead of Tuesday’s vote on security.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026
Elsewhere, long-running demonstrations in Albania and Serbia have focused more on anti-corruption, spiraling into movements seeking to topple each country’s government.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of focused

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As organizations determine which activities belong to humans and which can be delegated to intelligent systems, work is being redesigned.

— Jo Debecker, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
An example of an organization that treats the employee as customer and work as product is Dropbox, which after Covid redesigned work as a product that must delight their employees.

— Deborah Lovich, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of redesigned

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Flagship missions, meanwhile, will continue following their current procedures, which were recently revised based on lessons learned from a study of best practices examining the development of JWST.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Fannie Mae recently revised its previous projections for mortgage rates to adjust them even higher.

— Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of revised

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Volkswagen has also reworked the center console, relocating the gear selector to the steering column to free up additional space for storage and wireless charging equipment.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
Zillah’s speeches have since been reworked, most notably in a 2019 production in which a Kushner-y character called Xillah debated her, framing the story with an anxious meta-narrative.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of reworked

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Chinese documentary filmmaker Nanfu Wang produced and directed One Child Nation (2019) alongside Jialing Zhang to explore the legacy of China’s one-child policy (late 1970s–2016).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
Now in 2026, several men wearing all black with red ties, like Way does in the music video directed by Marc Webb, trickle in as soon as the doors open.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

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