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
  • Chicago Inspired by Ariel Sol’s frustrations with apartment hunting in Los Angeles, Unrealtor transforms an ordinary house tour into a surreal co-op puzzle adventure.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 July 2026
  • While thousands will pack Hard Rock Stadium for games, a 1,033-acre natural park sits between North Beach and Sunny Isles Beach, offering exactly the kind of unexpected discovery that transforms a sports trip into something more memorable.
    — Taylor Haught, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Definition of transforms
Verb
  • What to know Stock’s campaign focuses on reducing the cost of living, funding schools and ensuring equitable healthcare.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • Most research on face processing in autism focuses on a biomarker known as the N170, which refers to a shift in brain activity that occurs 170 milliseconds after seeing a face.
    — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
Definition of focuses
Verb
  • The Penelopiad recasts the women as a chorus, with each interrupting Penelope’s account in a different poetic form.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
  • Sarnoski’s version likewise recasts the female character as a benevolent force, and is largely stripped of romance — though permits itself a streak of sentimentality in a subplot concerning the grizzled outlaw’s gentle bond with a young girl.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 June 2026
Definition of recasts
Verb
  • The campaign, a joint effort with SEIU Doctors United, aims to advocate for improved working conditions, stronger patient care and better protections for academic freedom.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
  • South Korea aims to double its memory production capacity within five years and secure world-class manufacturing capabilities to pull far ahead of competing nations.
    — Hooyeon Kim, Fortune, 25 July 2026
Definition of aims
Verb
  • For example, Texas angler Dustin Grice modifies his spinnerbaits by adding chartreuse and white willow-leaf blades with a matching chartreuse/white skirt.
    — David A. Brown, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
  • The company’s claim is that MST modifies the mechanical stress state of the silicon surface in a way that discourages dislocation nucleation and propagation during the subsequent GaN growth steps.
    — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
Definition of modifies
Verb
  • Moreover, in recognition of the fact that a person not a nation actually directs the film, the director’s name and not the country’s will be engraved for posterity on the statuette plaque.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
  • As the plant directs energy to heal the wounds caused by pruning, the rest of the plant suffers.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 17 July 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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