as in to focus
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
everyone riveted their eyes on the trick that the magician was performing on stage
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Recent Examples of rivet
Then Stuart Heritage reports on the family drama that’s riveted the U.K.
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Air Mail, 17 May 2025
The footage shown at CinemaCon riveted the room of exhibitors.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 June 2025
Sparks fly and rivets clang, while narration highlights the intense physical demands faced by the workers who built what was then the largest moving object in the world.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
The lurid case has riveted the public and has already been featured in multiple true crime documentaries.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
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Air Mail, 17 May 2025
The footage shown at CinemaCon riveted the room of exhibitors.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 June 2025
Sparks fly and rivets clang, while narration highlights the intense physical demands faced by the workers who built what was then the largest moving object in the world.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
The lurid case has riveted the public and has already been featured in multiple true crime documentaries.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
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The program consists of two different tracks: Accel Atoms AI, which will focus specifically on AI specialists, and Accel Atoms X, for start-ups with business models built around other deeptech innovations.—
David Prosser,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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This year, they were focused on the relationship between the ancient city and Teotihuacán, located northeast of what is now Mexico City.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
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Merchant banking-style funds concentrate their efforts on fewer companies with deeper operational involvement.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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After selling the company in 1998 to investors, Dinh Van concentrated on unique furniture pieces, among other personal projects.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
10 July 2025
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“Rivet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rivet. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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