rivets

verb

present tense third-person singular of rivet
as in focuses
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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  1. focuses
  2. concentrates
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  • 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
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  • The resulting metasurface shapes and concentrates the electromagnetic field inside the semiconductor, increasing the intensity of light interacting with the material.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Air drying removes moisture and concentrates the herb’s flavor.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of concentrates
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“Rivets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rivets. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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