concentrate
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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
Kate Herridge, a PhD student working on the project, said the next step was to "concentrate these water samples" and "find if any pathogens have attached themselves to the samplers".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
These structures do not have membranes, but they can concentrate RNA molecules in one place.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Sometime he’d settle for pop music, which, if the volume was turned down low, still allowed him to concentrate on his board analysis.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Real fruit juice concentrates give them their flavor, resulting in a less artificial taste.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Dry heat browns, evaporates and concentrates while you go do something else.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Lib Dem leader also addressed the potential threat posed by AI in his speech, saying that "handled badly, it concentrates more power in fewer hands than at any point in human history."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
"In these settings, the mantle behaves like a multi-stage melting system that progressively concentrates gold."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
She takes a deep breath and concentrates on extracting a phrase from the reeling in her brain.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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There were approximately 3.8 billion robocalls made in September 2026, the majority of which were concentrated in large metropolitan areas, according to the Robocall Index.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
In Memphis, pedestrian deaths are concentrated on stroads, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
While one group concentrated on preparing the Wide Field Instrument, another worked to refine the telescope's overall optical alignment.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
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
She concentrated afresh, wholeheartedly, and without distraction, and drew all the powers of her attention together as if weaving many thin strands into a mighty rope, strong enough to hold a ship at anchor.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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Rather than concentrating exclusively on the abnormal proteins associated with neurodegeneration, researchers could also target the immune responses that contribute to the destruction of neurons.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
After initially concentrating on small-scale renovations, DIY SOS shifted focus to tackle a number of more ambitious projects throughout its multiple-decade run.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The rapid empire building has stirred unease in Hollywood, where filmmakers and other talent worry that concentrating so much production and distribution under one owner could give them fewer places to sell their work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
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
“Yeah, but I have to concentrate if I don’t want my clothes to burn. And I’m not concentrating, see? This is totally fireproof cloth. Which means your firewood won’t burn in that pouch.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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