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
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Pull together a focus group of average Americans, and the likelihood that a sizable portion would want to relive their teenage years seems pretty slim.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
The focus group for Bobby’s beer is similarly unfocused.
—Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Ensure that equity is foundational in your workplace; frequently audit company policies and practices to ensure fairness and disaggregate employee feedback from anonymous channels, focus groups, and surveys to better understand Black women’s experiences.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Since then, party officials have conducted a number of postmortems — including polls, focus groups and strategy sessions — as part of the party’s rebuilding effort.
—Amie Parnes, The Hill, 11 July 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
The focus group for Bobby’s beer is similarly unfocused.
—Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Ensure that equity is foundational in your workplace; frequently audit company policies and practices to ensure fairness and disaggregate employee feedback from anonymous channels, focus groups, and surveys to better understand Black women’s experiences.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Since then, party officials have conducted a number of postmortems — including polls, focus groups and strategy sessions — as part of the party’s rebuilding effort.
—Amie Parnes, The Hill, 11 July 2025
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“Focus group.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/focus%20group. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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