focuses

variants or focusses
present tense third-person singular of focus
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 As the podcast is about exploring the mysteries surrounding the town, the game focuses on investigation over combat. 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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