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as in to condense
to increase the strength of (a substance in a mixture) by removing other substances
prolonged boiling is required to concentrate the sap when making maple syrup
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as in to focus
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
a president who will try to concentrate public attention on the problems of inner cities
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as in to consolidate
to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control
time to concentrate our efforts on the really important problems that confront us
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as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place
concentrate your forces on the right side of the battlefield
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as in to gather
to come together into one body or place
recent immigrants tend to concentrate in port cities
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as in to accumulate
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
the ozone layer is concentrated 20 to 30 miles above the Earth's surface
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Recent Examples of concentrate
In exchange for political power, the fundamental economic arrangements that had concentrated virtually all of the country’s wealth in White hands would remain largely unchanged.
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Lydia Polgreen, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
Kapoor and Narayanan concentrate in particular on the practices of industrial safety, which have been developed and proved over decades.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 27 May 2025
Many Ugandans expect an unpredictable political transition because the 80-year-old Museveni has no obvious successor within the ranks of the ruling National Resistance Movement party, with real power concentrated in a strong military and powerful intelligence system.
—Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
As the plasma enveloped the moon, much of it would have concentrated on the opposite side of the impact, temporarily amplifying the moon's magnetic field in that region.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 23 May 2025
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Lydia Polgreen, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
Kapoor and Narayanan concentrate in particular on the practices of industrial safety, which have been developed and proved over decades.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 27 May 2025
Many Ugandans expect an unpredictable political transition because the 80-year-old Museveni has no obvious successor within the ranks of the ruling National Resistance Movement party, with real power concentrated in a strong military and powerful intelligence system.
—Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
As the plasma enveloped the moon, much of it would have concentrated on the opposite side of the impact, temporarily amplifying the moon's magnetic field in that region.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentrate
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All answers have been edited and condensed for clarity.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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This interview was edited and condensed for clarity.—
Jennifer Adams,
StyleCaster,
5 June 2025
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The majority of the bill, nearly 50 pages, focused on preparing for the impacts of climate change with updates to the state’s water plan, requiring towns to consider sea level rise when making zoning changes and mandating flood risk disclosures for home buyers and renters, among other provisions.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
5 June 2025
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Musk has focused most of his criticism on how the domestic policy bill would balloon the deficit.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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The case was later consolidated with two similar suits, Carter v. NCAA and Hubbard v. NCAA.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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And so Thunderbolts* has oddly consolidated people’s idea of me as an actor.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2025
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Detectives collected ballistics evidence at the scene.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2025
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Turn Small Talk Into Shared Problem-Solving Shift from collecting contacts to connecting dots.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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In the Los Angeles area, storms gathered around the San Gabriel Mountains in the morning before descending into urban areas and traveling southwest across the region and along the coast, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Kittell.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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The relief corps gathered around Adam Ottavino’s locker, reminiscing about better games while drinking beers.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
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The toxins accumulate in filter-feeding fish, and then poison larger mammals who gobble up the fish in mass quantities.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Here’s my list of all seven major pathways getting us from contemporary AI to the treasured AGI: (1) Linear path (slow-and-steady): This AGI path captures the gradualist view, whereby AI advancement accumulates a step at a time via scaling, engineering, and iteration, ultimately arriving at AGI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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With Bayern aiming to reduce their wage bill, the Wirtz signing would have come at the cost of at least an extra €20million (£16.8m, $22.7m) per year, on top of a transfer fee somewhere between €100m and €150m.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Their original sentences, which were 12 years and seven years, respectively, were reduced in September 2023.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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Your broader focus should be on integrating systems in a seamless way that can evolve over time, as needed.—
Swapna Sathyan,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Unlike Yang’s other concepts (Baku is a high-end Japanese restaurant while Yama offers a more casual setting with hibachi, sushi and bento boxes), Sora focuses on French cuisine, with Asian influences integrated throughout each course.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2025
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