focus group

noun

: a small group of people whose response to something (such as a new product or a politician's image) is studied to determine the response that can be expected from a larger population

Examples of focus group in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In a recurring segment, the director sits in a focus group with her subjects. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024 Use surveys, interviews and focus groups to get an accurate picture of the current culture. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 Driven by a tight labor market, corporate leaders have recently invested enormous amounts of energy and resources in collecting employee feedback through pulse surveys, town halls, listening tours, focus groups, data scraping from message boards, and other methods. Ethan Burris, Benjamin Thomas, Harvard Business Review, 20 Oct. 2024 Student and parent focus groups will also take place before district-wide implementation. Linh Ta, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for focus group 

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Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of focus group was in 1965

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“Focus group.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/focus%20group. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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