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as in condenses
to increase the strength of (a substance in a mixture) by removing other substances
prolonged boiling is required to concentrate the sap when making maple syrup
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as in focuses
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
a president who will try to concentrate public attention on the problems of inner cities
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as in consolidates
to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control
time to concentrate our efforts on the really important problems that confront us
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as in collects
to bring together in one body or place
concentrate your forces on the right side of the battlefield
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as in gathers
to come together into one body or place
recent immigrants tend to concentrate in port cities
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as in accumulates
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
the ozone layer is concentrated 20 to 30 miles above the Earth's surface
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Recent Examples of concentrates
Persistent Midstream Processing Gaps Even when ore is mined outside China, concentrates still may travel back to Asia for separation and metal making.
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Brendon Grunewald, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Lee concentrates on darkness from the moment Shinhye arrives in her new home.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
Kang explained that the unique negative Poisson’s ratio behavior enables inward contraction under compression, which concentrates strain in the sensing region and boosts sensitivity.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Over time this can result in long stretches of bare stems closer to the pot as the plant concentrates on developing new growth on the tips of the vines.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2025
This simple step draws out excess moisture and concentrates the flavor, giving the filling a richer, more satisfying texture.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
In harmonic analysis, there’s a constellation of questions about how the energy of a wave concentrates.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 1 Aug. 2025
Twelve Labs concentrates on video search - maybe byebye youtube - using AI to index both visual and audio elements so users can search within video content.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Instead, the club concentrates most of its recruitment efforts on the longer summer window, rather than what tends to be knee-jerk mid-season trading.
—Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Brendon Grunewald, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Lee concentrates on darkness from the moment Shinhye arrives in her new home.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
Kang explained that the unique negative Poisson’s ratio behavior enables inward contraction under compression, which concentrates strain in the sensing region and boosts sensitivity.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Over time this can result in long stretches of bare stems closer to the pot as the plant concentrates on developing new growth on the tips of the vines.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2025
This simple step draws out excess moisture and concentrates the flavor, giving the filling a richer, more satisfying texture.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
In harmonic analysis, there’s a constellation of questions about how the energy of a wave concentrates.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 1 Aug. 2025
Twelve Labs concentrates on video search - maybe byebye youtube - using AI to index both visual and audio elements so users can search within video content.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Instead, the club concentrates most of its recruitment efforts on the longer summer window, rather than what tends to be knee-jerk mid-season trading.
—Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentrates
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The water evaporates when near heat sources, then condenses back into a liquid when the heat dissipates into the phone’s surrounding aluminum body.—
Gwendolyn Rak,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Sep. 2025
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The dew point is the temperature at which water vapor condenses into liquid and generally runs in the low 50s for the region this time of year, according to the weather service.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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The second, Steel Nomad's regular (4K) and Light (1440p), focuses on APIs more commonly used for game development to assess gaming geometry and particle effects.—
Charles Jefferies,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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The annual event will continue to raise money for the BFC Foundation, which focuses on education, grant-giving, and business mentoring.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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However, that has changed as the IRS sheds employees and otherwise consolidates its operations.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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What Happens Next Obama's Emmy for Our Oceans consolidates his credentials in high-profile documentary and nonfiction work and may increase visibility and demand for similar projects produced by Higher Ground and Netflix.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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For example, one agent collects customer intent, another retrieves account details and a third starts a refund while a fourth updates the CRM.—
Munil Shah,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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ArtStart collects donations of recycled materials and art supplies and sells them back to the public at low prices at its ArtScraps center.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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Neen James — Exceptional Experiences In Exceptional Experiences, luxury consultant Neen James gathers insights gleaned from decades of experience in very exclusive circles and brings them down to earth.—
Serenity Gibbons,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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In the evenings everyone gathers by the river where the Danube and the Sava meet.—
Sara Stridsberg
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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As heat accumulates in the interior, the Earth in Kane’s simulations would experience an uptick in volcanism lasting for about 15 million years.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Research also suggests that as the day goes on, waste accumulates in the brain that sleep helps clear out, Carvalho said.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Unlike the closed-coupe Chiron, which cocoons you from its inner workings, the Mistral delivers a raw mechanical sound bath, tempered only by a pop-in wind deflector (fixed in examples for North America)—just aft of the seats—that reduces cabin turbulence and shields air-flow.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
20 Sep. 2025
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This ongoing improvement reduces the organization’s dependency on manual inputs from customers, account managers and sales teams, creating a more autonomous and data-driven process.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Sep. 2025
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His approach integrates wearable technology with ancient practices.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The laboratory’s forecasting technology integrates real-time measurement, automatic detection and computer modeling.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Concentrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentrates. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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