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or focusses
as in concentrates
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
try to focus your attention on the task at hand
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Recent Examples of focuses
The brothers also founded the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini and an investment company that focuses on tech and blockchain start-ups.
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Melanie Hicken, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The play focuses on the assassination of the title character by a conspiracy headed by Brutus and Cassius and the defeat of the conspirators in battle by Caesar’s successors, the triumvirate of Marc Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus.
—JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
This production focuses on the works of Ron Rash, an author deeply associated with the people, communities and issues of Appalachia; he is known to touch on such themes as displacement and change and the loss of cultural identity.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Each semester, in addition to reading books on social justice issues, the class focuses on Milwaukee history and how those issues both impacted and shaped the city and its culture, Gavagan said.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The rotating selection focuses on vino from France, Italy and Napa Valley.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
The movie focuses on Springsteen's mental health struggles amid his growing fame.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
However, most of the document focuses on how the school intends to spend more on sports.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025
In her practice, Palazzolo focuses heavily on industrial materials as a way of turning things perceived as artless or overtly masculine on their head.
—Mario Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Melanie Hicken, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The play focuses on the assassination of the title character by a conspiracy headed by Brutus and Cassius and the defeat of the conspirators in battle by Caesar’s successors, the triumvirate of Marc Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus.
—JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
This production focuses on the works of Ron Rash, an author deeply associated with the people, communities and issues of Appalachia; he is known to touch on such themes as displacement and change and the loss of cultural identity.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Each semester, in addition to reading books on social justice issues, the class focuses on Milwaukee history and how those issues both impacted and shaped the city and its culture, Gavagan said.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The rotating selection focuses on vino from France, Italy and Napa Valley.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
The movie focuses on Springsteen's mental health struggles amid his growing fame.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
However, most of the document focuses on how the school intends to spend more on sports.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025
In her practice, Palazzolo focuses heavily on industrial materials as a way of turning things perceived as artless or overtly masculine on their head.
—Mario Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for focuses
concentrates
Verb
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Supporters argue that downstate residents have been politically sidelined for decades — victims of a system that concentrates power and money in Chicago while rural communities struggle with job losses, rising taxes, and shrinking populations.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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In a dressing room, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end concentrates while practicing carrying his then-girlfriend during the Tortured Poets Department section of the three-hour show, with the scene cutting to the couple re-enacting it in full costume on stage.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Focuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/focuses. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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