refocuses

verb

present tense third-person singular of refocus
1
as in transforms

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2
as in focuses

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refocuses
  1. transforms
  2. focuses
  3. recasts
  4. aims
  5. modifies
  6. directs
  7. revises
  8. levels
Verb
  • Transform ashes into memorial stones Solidification is a newer alternative to traditional cremation that transforms a beloved pet’s remains into ash memorial stones.
    — Yvonne Villasenor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • And as Aroonpheng spins his narrative into a long, misshapen web, the drama involving Yak vanishes behind a cloud of fog and transforms into the film’s most baffling yet bracing detour.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of transforms
Verb
  • Saturday’s first day of the Emmys saw awards presented to unscripted series, variety shows and specials shows and variety specials, while Sunday’s show focuses on dramas, comedies and limited series.
    — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, Tehran’s new leverage focuses on the strait that is crucial to global oil and natural gas shipments and was seen as an international waterway before the war began.
    — Toqa Ezzidin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of focuses
Verb
  • Director Ivan Uryvskyi is candid about how the play recasts the ancient poem’s themes of return and those trapped in exile and captivity.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The new edition recasts all 10 songs from the original through a more intimate lens, with Carlile returning to Long Pond Studio in upstate New York to co-produce four tracks with the National’s Aaron Dessner.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of recasts
Verb
  • The initiative aims to bring positivity and hope to children battling critical illnesses.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The free meals program aims to combat malnutrition and reduce childhood stunting by providing meals to nearly 90 million students, toddlers and pregnant women.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of aims
Verb
  • An agent that calls the wrong API or modifies the wrong record creates consequences a hallucinated sentence simply cannot.
    — Hemant Kashyap, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • So the team fed AlphaFold versions of a target DNA sequence, along with a guide RNA, the Cas9 sequence, and an enzyme that chemically modifies bases and can stick to Cas9.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
Definition of modifies
Verb
  • Its custom racetrack woofer drives deeper bass with minimal distortion, while the angled 20-degree acoustic tilt directs audio right to your ears.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The system directs concentrated energy at a vulnerable part of an incoming object until the target is disabled or destroyed.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of directs
Verb
  • Effective July 29, Maine significantly revises its workplace substance use testing framework.
    — Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Golden Gate revises the design system to reduce the distractions that should never have been present in the first place.
    — Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine, 13 July 2026
Definition of revises
Verb
  • Tornado levels homes in Enid, Oklahoma Residents of Enid, Oklahoma, are surveying the damage on Friday after a massive tornado ripped through the city on Thursday night.
    — Jack Moore, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The main difference is that Ruisdael cranes upward, to behold a castle on a hill, whereas Vermeer levels his gaze across open water.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of levels
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