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concentrate

[kon-suhn-treyt] / ˈkɒn sənˌtreɪt /




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As a result, Syracuse’s competitors can concentrate their financial-aid budgets on a smaller percentage of students, while Syracuse has to spread its allotment over a broader pool.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

It's understood Meghan will concentrate on settling her children into the routine of life in a British school.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Once the rare earth concentrate has been extracted from the wastewater, the individual elements must then be separated out and processed.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

The student, who is also a freelance translator, has also found it hard to concentrate on lectures knowing he could be missing out on work opportunities.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Benji had to concentrate on not rolling his eyes.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

Prices for crop products saw the largest monthly gain since March 2022, following a decline in June, while gold, silver, and platinum group metal ores and concentrates prices dropped for the month.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Exports of copper ores and concentrates also rose strongly to reach the highest on record, with shipments to Japan, China, Finland and South Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

"In these settings, the mantle behaves like a multi-stage melting system that progressively concentrates gold."

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

The focus was on raw concentrates of the rechargeable battery ingredient lithium, with most of its hundreds of thousands of tons of annual production shipped out to China, the world's largest maker of electric vehicles.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

In humanities class, Ms. Steck concentrates on our previous discussion about Plato’s Allegory of the Cave.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

Watkins' involvement was concentrated more heavily around the centre of the final third and penalty area, while Jackson received possession across a wider range of attacking zones.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

The stock, already a concentrated bet on AI, is only getting more so.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

“With positioning and seasonality less supportive, the market now faces a concentrated run of macro catalysts. Rates are the near-term risk,” wrote Warren Pies, founder of 3Fourteen Research, in commentary shared with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

"For a long time, the study of immunology and disease in humans was concentrated on the blood immune cells," Sunwoo said.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

With eyes closed they inhaled deeply, for a good, concentrated sniff was the most foolproof way of knowing what was what.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

"It felt good that someone rather than AI was concentrating on and listening to my story," the 44-year-old said.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Rather than concentrating primarily on how alloys resist corrosion under ordinary conditions, Huang's group has focused on developing materials that remain stable at much higher electrical potentials.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

She says those physical sensations - including a heavy feeling in her chest, a racing heart and difficulty concentrating - can reinforce the symptoms of anxiety, creating a cycle that is difficult to break.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Will that prevent her children from concentrating on schoolwork or having a full school experience that includes outdoor recreation?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

I am concentrating so hard that at first I do not notice someone else who has been walking quietly in the forest.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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