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also focussed
1
as in interested
having the mind fixed on something
was focused on the football game and didn't hear me knock
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2
as in concentrated
not divided or scattered among several areas of interest or concern
a focused effort to provide shelter for the homeless during the winter
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also focussed
as in centered
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
try to focus your attention on the task at hand
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Try This InsteadFor
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a focused approach
a centered approach
a structured approach
a concentrated approach
an attentive approach
an organized approach
focused research
a focused effort
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Recent Examples of focused
Marc Santora, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
When prompted about the race for the Calder, the 18-year-old deflected and focused on how the Sharks needed to start winning, as reported by NBC Sports reporter Sheng Peng.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
But the social media frenzy that grew around the film’s release ultimately focused on Lively and on criticism of her.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
While many other teams were focused on consistency and winning early in the season, Logano and crew chief Paul Wolfe first had to figure out the new Ford Mustang Dark Horse body, which had some handling issues.
—Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Though Christmas Eve dinner in Slovakia is generally focused on the Christmas carp, Knies’ parents elected for swordfish instead.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Here's to making progress, staying focused, and striving for incremental improvements throughout 2025.
—Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Yang is focused on settling into life in a new country and having English lessons.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Other units focused on rocket launch sites and ammunition stores.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
He was previously based in London as an international news editor focused on breaking news events and earlier the bureau chief for East and Central Europe, based in Warsaw.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
When prompted about the race for the Calder, the 18-year-old deflected and focused on how the Sharks needed to start winning, as reported by NBC Sports reporter Sheng Peng.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
But the social media frenzy that grew around the film’s release ultimately focused on Lively and on criticism of her.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
While many other teams were focused on consistency and winning early in the season, Logano and crew chief Paul Wolfe first had to figure out the new Ford Mustang Dark Horse body, which had some handling issues.
—Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Though Christmas Eve dinner in Slovakia is generally focused on the Christmas carp, Knies’ parents elected for swordfish instead.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Here's to making progress, staying focused, and striving for incremental improvements throughout 2025.
—Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Yang is focused on settling into life in a new country and having English lessons.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Other units focused on rocket launch sites and ammunition stores.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for focused
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The Investment Fund is said to be interested in investing some $1 billion in PGA Tour Enterprises, in exchange for a 6% stake.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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Investors were not at all interested in a product centered around mental health, and this made the Calm app a hard sell.—
Renée Onque,Mickey Todiwala,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The Lactation Network is far and away the best in class — and made so by a concentrated effort from our CEO to build, lead, and support strong, effective teams.—
Julia Korn,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Kyiv has made a concentrated effort throughout the war to hit numerous Russian oil depots, refineries, manufacturing plants, and more to injure Moscow's ability to keep fighting.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Even after landing Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges over the offseason, New York seems intent on adding more talent to their roster.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Jaylen Brown seemed intent on putting pressure on the rim throughout the game.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Of course, a number of Club names — most notably Nvidia , but the likes of Meta, Salesforce , Amazon and Microsoft too — are heavily involved in AI innovation.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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The involved officer, according to police, will be placed on administrative leave with pay.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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American Primeval, Netflix’s most ambitious western series to date, is unusually explicit in its aim of exploring the latter theme, with results that range from astutely observant to ham-fisted and jarringly sentimental.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
9 Jan. 2025
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And Heller, a confidently empathetic director who can make an observant frame feel like a hug, wisely avoids traps like demonizing the child (winningly played by twins Emmett and Arleigh Snowden) or setting up McNairy’s hapless dad simply to be a marital punchline.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Compared to 21 to 25-year-old workers in 2018, today's Gen Z feels 11 percent more stressed, 9 percent more overwhelmed, 8 percent less happy, 8 percent less engaged and 5 percent less successful.—
Jess Thomson,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Simpson displayed the maturity to stay engaged a week later against Ole Miss, converting a key two-point play when Milroe was knocked out in the third quarter.—
Kennington Smith III,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Although the mercury hovered at only 5°, all of us became so absorbed in the rabbit chase that no one noticed numb toes and cold ears.—
Erwin A. Bauer,
Outdoor Life,
25 Dec. 2024
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Because of this, absorbed sunlight isn’t reradiated in every direction equally but in some directions more than others.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
20 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Some characteristics of helicopter parenting include being over attentive, micromanaging them, fighting all of their battles, and not giving them opportunities to fail and learn from those experiences.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
24 Jan. 2025
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The mix of vulnerability and boldness came through in full force in this performance, which included some audible jitters but also expressive moments where Wang’s milky legato meshed with the attentive, even tender, playing of the lower brass.—
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Focused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/focused. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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