: of, relating to, being, or having a focus
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a focal figure in the movement
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This is no sugary-sweet feel good romance though — the focal relationship in the novel is that between Davis and his father, the Reverend Doctor John Freeman, which is… complicated to say the least.
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Ana Osorno, Them., 21 Nov. 2025
How the Smart Bandage Heals Wounds Faster Every two hours, the bandage’s camera module takes 11 images at different focal depths.
—Diya Dwarakanath, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2025
Drawn and composed in shifting degrees of blur, grain and focal distortion, the film traces how sight shapes emotional attachment.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Multiple scholars focus on the Black and Native experiences, allowing those sides of the stories to feel like more than mere footnotes, if never truly focal.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
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Ana Osorno, Them., 21 Nov. 2025
How the Smart Bandage Heals Wounds Faster Every two hours, the bandage’s camera module takes 11 images at different focal depths.
—Diya Dwarakanath, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2025
Drawn and composed in shifting degrees of blur, grain and focal distortion, the film traces how sight shapes emotional attachment.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Multiple scholars focus on the Black and Native experiences, allowing those sides of the stories to feel like more than mere footnotes, if never truly focal.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for focal
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“Focal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/focal. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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