Example Sentences

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Most historians are concentrating on the birth itself, when 13 disparate colonies along the east coast of North America declared their intention to separate from Great Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

"We are concentrating on renewables, we are concentrating on green energy," says Gillian Martin, Scotland's energy secretary.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Currently, Würzburg quantum physicist Artem Odobesko and Jülich theorist Samir Lounis are concentrating on a large-scale review of the numerous publications that have described the Kondo effect in various combinations of materials since the 1960s.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2023

Senators are concentrating on artificial intelligence risks to the 2024 election cycle as a top priority for new legislation to address dangers from the emerging technology.

From Washington Times • Oct. 3, 2023

“With an incantation, which will work only if you are concentrating, with all your might, on a single, very happy memory.”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling