concentrate

The pitch is familiar: Faster service, fewer mistakes and less repetitive work for employees, who will theoretically be freed to concentrate on something more important.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

The settings do not merely suggest sterility but concentrate the mind on the performers’ fascinating countenances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Exempting the family home however much it's worth will just encourage older people to concentrate their savings in their home, prevent downsizing, and so further gum up the housing market," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Previous research has associated metabolites produced during protein fermentation with effects on the brain, including anxiety and reduced ability to concentrate.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

“That’s for pyromancy. If you really concentrate and stare into the fire for long enough, you’ll start to see glimpses of the future amidst the flames. We’re trained in twelve different methods of fortune-telling.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

But that's not featured in Cabinet Office plans in the UK, which instead concentrates on telling employers to publish salary information in job adverts.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Dry heat browns, evaporates and concentrates while you go do something else.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

China's imports of tin ore and concentrates from Myanmar in the first half of 2026 have already surpassed 2025's total at nearly 40,000 metric tonnes, Beijing's customs data shows.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Prices for crop products saw the largest monthly gain since March 2022, following a decline in June, while gold, silver, and platinum group metal ores and concentrates prices dropped for the month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

She looks at me, a wriggle of lines creasing up across her forehead as she concentrates.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

The BBC's Evan Davis, who was travelling through the Eurotunnel to Calais at the time of the incident, witnessed blue light vehicles "concentrated on one of the platforms" as he entered France.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The latest steps are mainly concentrated in "strategic infrastructure investment", said Oxford Economics' Yue, meaning that they are "likely to generate weaker near-term employment and income gains than previous stimulus cycles".

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

This suggests that the faint glow of stars between galaxies could potentially serve as a visible indicator of where invisible dark matter is concentrated.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

More than half of current single-stock options volumes are concentrated in contracts less than two weeks away from expiring, according to John Marshall, a partner at Carrick Lane.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

So he concentrated on getting his hands to work better.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

The path to a safe future, he said, is to “distribute this technology widely and create the right checks and balances, rather than concentrating it in the hands of just a few.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

But concentrating her creative energy on a narrower slice of music didn’t lead to higher quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Werro has improved every year of her top-level career and now, having finished her studies and concentrating on the track, has shown ruthless consistency.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

"It felt good that someone rather than AI was concentrating on and listening to my story," the 44-year-old said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

And I can’t talk to him either ’cause all I’m concentrating on is not looking at him.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña