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concentrate

[kon-suhn-treyt] / ˈkɒn sənˌtreɪt /




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Together, these characteristics allow the bacteria to concentrate where tumors are located while avoiding normal tissues.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

“It’s going to concentrate the fundraising over the next few years as well into these already very large names,” Stanford said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Greater presidential control has upsides and downsides—in dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor predicts that the ruling will concentrate unprecedented and possibly dangerous levels of power in the president’s hands.

From Slate Jul. 6, 2026

She added: "Almost every school report I have says that 'Gwyneth dreams and doesn't concentrate, is talkative and has a lot of ideas but can't finish reading'."

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Warm water runs over my soapy hands, and I concentrate on cleaning as if that were the most important thing.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

The shift further concentrates operational oversight among directors aligned with recent governance changes, including Chair Mary Filippelli.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Lamine Yamal prefers to let the media talk the talk while he concentrates on walking the walk, even with the constant Ballon d'Or chatter that has followed him since he was 16.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

To overcome that limitation, the research team designed the detector around a metasurface, a patterned structure that concentrates electromagnetic energy into extremely small regions.

From Science Daily May 31, 2026

China’s Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group announced this week that it had secured a six-month export quota for lithium concentrates from Zimbabwe, just two months after the African country banned exports of raw lithium.

From Barron's Apr. 17, 2026

She concentrates for a moment, staring down at her satin slippers.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Population growth is increasingly concentrated in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and some Middle Eastern countries, the report said.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

The use of leverage, whether from margin debt, options trading or levered exchange-traded funds, all tends to be concentrated in the same stocks, he said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Much of the UK's decline in healthy life expectancy is concentrated among marginalised groups, who are more likely to live in Scotland and the North of England, McKee points out.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Western production of these turbine blades and vanes is concentrated in four companies, according to a report from SemiAnalysis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

He concentrated harder and the jellyfish was moving quicker.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

In 2017, the US government pulled more than half of its staff from its embassy in Havana after employees and their families reported dizziness, nausea and difficulty concentrating.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

“Premium tiers sell out and premium prices rise because high-quality engagement demand is concentrating in a scarce set of premium acts,” the analysts said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

In that case, taking a small amount of your money and concentrating it in a small number of stocks is harmless fun, and you might even end up owning the next Nvidia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

New superconducting magnets, capable of further concentrating the particle beams, will be installed to increase the number of collisions.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

Still concentrating on finding the cat, Angel didn’t see Jordan until it was too late.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper




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