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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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As the podcast is about exploring the mysteries surrounding the town, the game focuses on investigation over combat.
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Rob Wieland, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The party focuses on environmentalism and progressive policies.
—Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
The measurement, calculated based on a person’s height and waist circumference, focuses on the amount of abdominal fat a person has and is thought to be a more accurate predictor of disease risk than body mass index (BMI).
—Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 4 Oct. 2024
The brand’s ethos focuses on combining the heritage of beer brewing with the craftsmanship of distilling and incorporating Rocky Mountain water in the production process.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The big event in Madrid that focuses on Spanish- and Portuguese-language content featured a session with experts from Nebrija University in Spain on Friday, its final day.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
While 2019’s Joker earned comparisons to the earlier works of Martin Scorsese, the sequel is a far slower journey that focuses on the interior lives of its two leads.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
This trend focuses on the combination of multiple automation technologies—RPA, AI and machine learning—to automate more complex business processes end to end.
—Santhosh Vijayabaskar, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Rob Wieland, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The party focuses on environmentalism and progressive policies.
—Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
The measurement, calculated based on a person’s height and waist circumference, focuses on the amount of abdominal fat a person has and is thought to be a more accurate predictor of disease risk than body mass index (BMI).
—Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 4 Oct. 2024
The brand’s ethos focuses on combining the heritage of beer brewing with the craftsmanship of distilling and incorporating Rocky Mountain water in the production process.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The big event in Madrid that focuses on Spanish- and Portuguese-language content featured a session with experts from Nebrija University in Spain on Friday, its final day.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
While 2019’s Joker earned comparisons to the earlier works of Martin Scorsese, the sequel is a far slower journey that focuses on the interior lives of its two leads.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
This trend focuses on the combination of multiple automation technologies—RPA, AI and machine learning—to automate more complex business processes end to end.
—Santhosh Vijayabaskar, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Focuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/focuses. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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