refocusing

verb

present participle of refocus
1
as in transforming

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2
as in focusing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refocusing
  1. transforming
  2. focusing
  3. recasting
  4. aiming
  5. revising
  6. directing
  7. redesigning
  8. centering
Verb
  • Accessibility features added to Apple’s AirPods are transforming the popular headphones into hearing aids, Greengart said.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • This bill can be the start of transforming the framework of healthcare, for the better or worse.
    — Esha Desai, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of transforming
Verb
  • Everyone is focusing more on engagement, return on investment and a forward-looking perspective, rather than simply buying something off the shelf to meet demand for the following weekend.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Market participants this week are focusing primary attention on the release of the Federal Reserve September meeting minutes on Wednesday.
    — , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of focusing
Verb
  • While many rumors swirled following Grande and Bailey’s departures about recasting (Jessie Buckley?
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Sony Pictures Television has suspended Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton and is recasting his role.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of recasting
Verb
  • Since fashion businesses are aiming to streamline their operations, reduce excess inventory and improve forecasting, both leaders stress that the adoption of new technologies must lead to concrete commercial outcomes.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Spain has seen an emerging coalition of the conservatives and the far right, which are both aiming to use migration concerns against the prime minister, whose government allowed over 1 million immigrants to apply for legal status.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of aiming
Verb
  • Insights like ours are revising researchers’ understanding of both the past and how people operate today, as inequality grows globally.
    — Christopher von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The possibility of revising Article 9 of Japan’s constitution, which renounces war and prohibits a traditional standing army, is no longer taboo in Tokyo.
    — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of revising
Verb
  • The laser accelerated electrons through a gas, directing them into a solid target to create light bursts that generated muon pairs.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
  • From labor struggles and lynching to desegregation, Murray served as the ethical voice of reason, directing Roosevelt to use her immensely powerful position on behalf of righteous causes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of directing
Verb
  • Desjardins began redesigning the structure during his DOE summer internship at the facility.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The figures suggest finance leaders will need to weigh the cost of recruiting specialized talent against reskilling existing teams, outsourcing work, and redesigning processes around AI.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of redesigning
Verb
  • Riz Ahmed, John Goodman and Sandra Hüller also star in the satire centering on Cruise’s titular character having caused a natural disaster.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Burger King has taken a similar tactic, centering operators’ earnings so franchisees feel comfortable reinvesting in their restaurants.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of centering
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