: of, relating to, being, or having a focus
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a focal figure in the movement
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Strokes of the basal ganglia can cause highly focal damage which results in dysfunction of the dopamine circuitry.
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Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
The fully electronic shutter doesn't scan quickly enough for flashes, but the mechanical focal-plane shutter syncs at 1/250-second at full-frame and 1/320-second in APS-C, and supports faster sync with flashes that use High Speed Sync (HSS) technology.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 13 May 2026
Mustard Made puts a whimsical spin on bathroom storage by offering a dozen colors to transform a utilitarian cabinet into a focal piece.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2026
This week, the FDA flexed its regulatory authority to approve the first medicine to treat focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, or FSGS, a rare disease in which scar tissue builds up in the filtering units of the kidneys, eventually leading to organ dysfunction and failure.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
The fully electronic shutter doesn't scan quickly enough for flashes, but the mechanical focal-plane shutter syncs at 1/250-second at full-frame and 1/320-second in APS-C, and supports faster sync with flashes that use High Speed Sync (HSS) technology.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 13 May 2026
Mustard Made puts a whimsical spin on bathroom storage by offering a dozen colors to transform a utilitarian cabinet into a focal piece.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2026
This week, the FDA flexed its regulatory authority to approve the first medicine to treat focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, or FSGS, a rare disease in which scar tissue builds up in the filtering units of the kidneys, eventually leading to organ dysfunction and failure.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Focal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/focal. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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