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as in to transform
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as in to focus
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Recent Examples of refocus
The cause could be the leadership of Police Commissioner Jessie Tisch — who’s clearing out dead wood and, driven by data, refocusing the NYPD on its core mission.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Wentworth had previously unveiled a plan to turn the company around, partly by refocusing on its historic work as a retail pharmacy operation.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Gascón apologized but in the wake of the scandal, Netflix refocused its awards campaign on Saldaña’s performance.
—Annie Aguiar, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2025
Elliott believes that Phillips 66 should refocus on its refining business, mirroring the strategy successfully executed by Marathon Petroleum following its 2020 spin-off of Speedway.
—Joe Cornell, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Wentworth had previously unveiled a plan to turn the company around, partly by refocusing on its historic work as a retail pharmacy operation.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Gascón apologized but in the wake of the scandal, Netflix refocused its awards campaign on Saldaña’s performance.
—Annie Aguiar, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2025
Elliott believes that Phillips 66 should refocus on its refining business, mirroring the strategy successfully executed by Marathon Petroleum following its 2020 spin-off of Speedway.
—Joe Cornell, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refocus
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After living in eight different houses in six states, Jena Salmon transforms an 1980s ranch-style home in her native Lone Star State.—
Diana Oates,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2025
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The floor, transformed into a gymnasium, set the stage for a rock-band performance complete with cheerleaders, while performers in basketball uniforms moved through the scene.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Moyes is likely to spend the summer focusing on improving the squad’s attacking output.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The first episode focuses on Jamie’s arrest, from the cops’ sudden, early-morning arrival in his home to a climactic interrogation scene.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2025
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The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to curtail a lower court’s ability to issue a national injunction, hatching a novel legal strategy in its bid to radically revise a bedrock American principle: birthright citizenship.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes and,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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El Paso County officials initially estimated the fire was 4,000 acres, but revised the size to 3,000 acres Thursday night.—
Katie Langford,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
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The killers included white policemen, sheriffs, businessmen, even a legislator—all part of the Jim Crow system aimed at disenfranchising Black voters.—
Essence,
Essence,
10 Mar. 2025
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Eisenhower contributed to the culture of fear with his own investigative program aimed at federal workers.—
Beverly Gage,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Ultimately, a decision was made to recast the role, and Watson had to reshoot her A.B. scenes with Esposito.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
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Whether that means recasting the character or a new character taking on the role of the Baba Yaga, no one knows.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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The drummer was pointing his finger at a long-haired guitarist holding a red Gibson ES-335 with a Bigsby tailpiece.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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Another uses high-energy lasers, pointed at a peppercorn-sized pellet of fuel, rapidly compressing and imploding it.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
16 Mar. 2025
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Since the mid-Nineties, he’s repeatedly reinvented R&B, hip-hop, and pop, lacing classics by the likes of Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake, and Jay-Z with skittering beats, future-shock synths, and his outrageous ear for samples and hooks.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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In more recent years, a slew of music spots has sprung up as the Strip continues to reinvent itself.—
Edmund Vallance,
AFAR Media,
18 Mar. 2025
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So, by modifying mouse genes to mimic these changes, the researchers have successfully engineered a living model of mammoth-like traits—a first-of-its-kind experiment in de-extinction science.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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But while public opinion has swayed towards Trump on border security and deportations, polling shows that a majority of Americans disapprove of the president’s position on modifying birthright citizenship, with a recent Pew survey measuring 56% opposed to his executive order and just 43% in favor.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes and,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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