focusing

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occupying adj.
refining adj.
concentration n.

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

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Instead of focusing only on destroying cancer cells, future therapies might interrupt the signaling between macrophages and the nerves that appear to support tumor growth.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Also, not focusing on diversification, and most importantly, not rebalancing periodically.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

No official statement has been released of the talks reportedly focusing on concrete actions to decommission Hamas's weapons - as well as the withdrawal of Israeli troops and humanitarian efforts.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

For TIPS, that means focusing on the real yield that is on top of the inflation rate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

But I guess that’s not the way it works in real life, because instead of focusing on the Flash, I find my mind straying back to my mom and grandma again.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

focusing

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