as in to focus
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
everyone riveted their eyes on the trick that the magician was performing on stage
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Recent Examples of rivet
The trial The trial began in September 2024 and riveted the country.
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Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
National attention shifted long ago, riveted by political rivalries, corruption scandals, and acrimonious elections.
—Brendan King, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Cummins was in the moment, time suspended, her focus riveted on her students.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Grace detailed her thoughts about the case that has riveted Americans as part of her opening keynote conversation Friday at Variety’s inaugural True Crime Summit at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
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Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
National attention shifted long ago, riveted by political rivalries, corruption scandals, and acrimonious elections.
—Brendan King, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Cummins was in the moment, time suspended, her focus riveted on her students.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Grace detailed her thoughts about the case that has riveted Americans as part of her opening keynote conversation Friday at Variety’s inaugural True Crime Summit at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
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Generally, the Hilton hotel, where the dinner has taken place for years, remains open to regular guests during the correspondents’ dinner, and security has typically been focused on the ballroom and rather than the hotel at large, with little screening for people not entering the dinner itself.—
Collin Binkley,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Security has typically been focused on the ballroom — rather than the hotel at large — with little screening for people not entering the dinner itself.—
Bridget Byrne,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Apr. 2026
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In all, six of the seven most dangerous states are concentrated in the South and Mountain-West regions.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Apr. 2026
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The workers getting squeezed today are concentrated in a particular kind of role, at a particular kind of company, in a particular geography.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Rivet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rivet. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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