focusing

ADJECTIVE

occupying

Synonyms

STRONG

absorbing attracting drawing engaging engrossing exacting exciting interesting monopolizing requiring utilizing

WEAK

concentrated upon concerned with

Antonyms

STRONG

boring repulsive unexciting unstimulating

WEAK

gone leaving removing

ADJECTIVE

refining

Synonyms

STRONG

civilizing clarifying cleaning cultivating distillation elevating honing improving perfecting polishing purifying sharpening

NOUN

concentration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absorption combination consolidation

STRONG

application assembly centering centralization clustering compression concern congregation convergence converging debate deliberation fixing heed intensification narrowing need single-mindedness study unity

WEAK

amassing bringing to bear close attention coalescing compacting flocking huddling massing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

division parting separation severance

WEAK

dispersal scattering

Example Sentences

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The company, he said, is also focusing on operating “more profitably.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Glaukos, a medical technology company focusing on eye disorders, has achieved gains of 20% year to date and 48% over the last year.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The breakthrough came from focusing on a special feature of W states known as cyclic shift symmetry.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Nvidia stock has gained 18% this year, with investors also focusing on next week’s earnings report.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

I squint in the bright sunlight, focusing on Gloria.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

focusing

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