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

"Now you have the time to concentrate on yourself, on what you lost, what you need. Now it's our recovery or some kind of recovery as much as we can."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The US labor market has been largely stable this year, allowing the Fed to concentrate on the inflation side of its dual mandate.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

I tried reading five pages every evening, but often I was too tired to concentrate and did not understand what I read.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

Related to the change is a shift from the male-dominated cast of “The Art of Fielding” to a story that concentrates on women.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

At its core is a structure known as a nanocavity, which traps and concentrates light within an exceptionally tiny space.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Penny walks with such determination, her face alternating between frowns and smiles as she concentrates on marching down the path between our two houses, then climbing the front steps with both hands and both feet.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

"The number of vacancies has seen its largest fall since the start of the year, concentrated mainly within smaller businesses, which cite increased labour costs as a key factor."

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

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

Both Chinese and overseas steel demand may be concentrated in the later part of the year, it adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

If she concentrated, she could imagine Mother sitting across the room from her.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

"He's the victim of his own success. By concentrating so much power in his own hands, he has made himself the only person the people blame for their grievances."

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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

While Walker admits two-show days can be tiring and she spends a lot of time concentrating on “energy conservation,” the performance itself is a joy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

He also cautioned against the technology concentrating wealth, saying OpenAI did not want to be the only company in the field or to "suck up all the value."

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

In fact, Sparrow, sinking her hand into the soil and concentrating for a moment, grew some spikes of purple liriope tall enough to screen them from sight.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor