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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The program focuses on opening its hardware interfaces to third-party tool and component manufacturers, allowing different tools to be easily connected and used within a plug-and-play industrial ecosystem.—
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The standalone project started in 2023 and focuses on rebuilding the interchange at I-35E and FM 1171.—
Hedija Spahalic,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
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The second part of the month concentrates most of your challenges for the remainder of the year into just a couple of weeks.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Potency has skyrocketed, with herbal product THC levels rising from an average of 4 percent pre-2000 to 35 percent today, and concentrates reaching 90 percent THC.—
Peter Su,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Rivets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rivets. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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