variants
also focussing
variants
also focussing
as in concentrating
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 focusing
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Phil Weiser Tom Cooper/Getty Images for SeriesFest For much of the busy primary election, Bennet was seen as a frontrunner, running on his record as a moderate senator and focusing his campaign on affordability.
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Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
India and many countries in the Global South evaluate AI governance differently, focusing on who has access to frontier models and under what conditions.
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Mark Minevich,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
This article is part of The Times’ early childhood education initiative, focusing on the learning and development of California children from birth to age 5.
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Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
The act of focusing intently on an object—a holy name, a mantra, the Eucharist—has the potential to transform a person’s desires.
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Meghan O’Gieblyn,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
At the same meeting, the school board will take up a vote to rewrite the state’s social studies curriculum, focusing more on Texas and US history and deemphasizing some teachings about global history and cultures.
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Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
In focusing on architecture, the book emphasizes how buildings can structure relationships between the public, museum employees, and collections.
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Kelly Presutti,
ARTnews.com,
26 June 2026
And a lot of the speculation has now gone from focusing on the older members of the family, like Andrew and King Charles, to the new generation.
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
26 June 2026
Verb
Airlines are increasingly focusing on premium passengers, which could lead to higher airfares for all travelers.
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Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Phil Weiser Tom Cooper/Getty Images for SeriesFest For much of the busy primary election, Bennet was seen as a frontrunner, running on his record as a moderate senator and focusing his campaign on affordability.
—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
India and many countries in the Global South evaluate AI governance differently, focusing on who has access to frontier models and under what conditions.
—
Mark Minevich,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
This article is part of The Times’ early childhood education initiative, focusing on the learning and development of California children from birth to age 5.
—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
The act of focusing intently on an object—a holy name, a mantra, the Eucharist—has the potential to transform a person’s desires.
—
Meghan O’Gieblyn,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
At the same meeting, the school board will take up a vote to rewrite the state’s social studies curriculum, focusing more on Texas and US history and deemphasizing some teachings about global history and cultures.
—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
In focusing on architecture, the book emphasizes how buildings can structure relationships between the public, museum employees, and collections.
—
Kelly Presutti,
ARTnews.com,
26 June 2026
And a lot of the speculation has now gone from focusing on the older members of the family, like Andrew and King Charles, to the new generation.
—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for focusing
Adjective
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Making this cosmic fireworks display not only visual, but auditory, optical data from three of the images was matched with the sounds of different instruments in a process called sonification.
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This new approach builds on years of research into stretchable sensors, ultimately creating a system that directly encodes mechanical pressure into clear, visible optical signals.
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For the project, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, directly coupled concentrating photovoltaic cells with proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer cells.
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Issues could include insomnia, aggression, difficulty concentrating, sensitivity to psychotropic medication and exacerbation of existing mental illness -- like anxiety, depression and schizophrenia.
Adjective
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And to prevent knock-offs, the collectible will feature the company’s new authentication packaging via its partnership with Octane5 and use micro-optic technology.
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Even the attachments are more impressive, like the Fluffy optic cleaner head, which now has a brighter green light to illuminate invisible dust on hardwood floors.
Verb
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The biggest news going into the second week of this year’s riveting French Open?
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Pomona native and Cal Poly grad who flew Navy F-18s successfully launches as pilot of NASA’s riveting Artemis II mission around the moon, the first such voyage since the Apollo program in 1972.
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In 2022, just after the raids, Chris Donaldson was diagnosed with ocular cancer, which later metastasized to his liver.
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Different genes for different cytokines, growth factors or other proteins could be swapped in to target specific diseases of the ocular surface, potentially extending the approach beyond corneal wounds to chronic inflammatory conditions.
Adjective
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Read more about the heat dome and tips on staying cool in this visual explainer.
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But doing a documentary about a writer – that presents a much more difficult visual challenge.
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“Focusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/focusing. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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