hone in
Example Sentences
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Unilever’s deal with McCormick, separating out its food business, is part of its larger strategy shift to hone in on beauty, personal-care and home products.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
As the company makes the transition, it will hone in on customers on its pro plan and higher subscription tiers, as the free tier is operationally expensive, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
She expects investors to hone in on margins “as Supermicro targeting larger customers and larger sales opportunities may result in cost of sales rising, and margins compressing, leading to revenue variability.”
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025
The smaller canvas of the one-act form allowed Greenberg to hone in his theatrical vision.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
In the 1970s, for instance, researchers used microelectrodes to hone in on a key part of the brain—called the parietal lobe—crucial to shifts in attention.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
