Thesaurus results for HOMED (IN ON)

homed (in on)

verb

past tense of home (in on)

as in zeroed (in on)

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Verb

According to the complaint, the man had his camera pointed at a child at one point.

— Nick Lentz, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
It feels pointed at this point.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of pointed

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Tehran has paused fragile negotiations with the US aimed at reaching a lasting deal to end their conflict during the multi-day funeral for Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli strike in February, on the first day of the war.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Trump’s executive order wiped out policies aimed at protecting transgender adults from discrimination.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of aimed

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Weeks later, Vang also alleged Matsui had directed a super PAC to spend $119,000 on digital ads boosting Wooden.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
Arnold has met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill about the issue, but most of his effort is directed at the state level, where sports betting is regulated.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 7 July 2026

Definition of directed

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While the Supreme Court ruling focused specifically on cases in West Virginia and Idaho, it is expected to have far-reaching implications for those additional 25 states — and possibly more if other states pursue similar legislation.

— Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 5 July 2026
The party has focused on driving down consumer costs, seizing on what polling shows is deep dissatisfaction about the economy and worries about affordability.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 5 July 2026

Definition of focused

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Physically and spiritually, San Juan Capistrano is centered around its mission, one of 21 established by the Catholic Church under the Spanish crown in the 18th and 19th centuries, forming the scaffold of modern-day California.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
This picture changed in 1918, when American astronomer Harlow Shapley determined that dense groups of stars called globular clusters are centered on a distant core in the direction of the Sagittarius constellation.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of centered

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Morocco’s Ismael Saibari nailed the winning penalty kick to give Morocco the 3-2 win in the stage, advancing the squad to the Round of 16.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Teun Koopmeiners walked up for the Dutch and buried the first penalty and then Neil El Aynaoui nailed the bar for Morocco, putting the African champions behind.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

Definition of nailed

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The fall occurred just hours after Calleja set a personal best in the Gold Coast half-marathon, 7 News reported.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Ngo was conscious to include not only female designers (historically underrepresented in cutlery design), but also those who would use the brief to make a typical Western cutlery set more applicable to different cultures.

— Jessica Salter, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of set

Verb

Amad nearly levelled things up again from a late free kick, but Norway held on.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 July 2026
In the 1890s, Henry Flagler’s crews leveled a massive burial mound to build his Royal Palm hotel across the river, selling skulls as souvenirs and dumping the rest of the human remains into a sinkhole, never since found.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026

Definition of leveled

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