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Recent Examples of focal point
Its potential closure would reduce ICE’s bed space capacity in South Florida, a focal point of federal immigration enforcement.
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Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
The Norwegian team’s World Cup campaign will rely heavily on Haaland’s form as the main finisher, attacking focal point, and player who opponents will most want to constrain.
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Tushaar Kuthiala,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 June 2026
Though Brown’s plans ultimately failed due to a combination of bad luck and timing, Harpers Ferry became a symbol of the rapidly dividing country and a focal point for abolitionists.
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Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2026
But the focal point of her living space was a bookcase laden with 26 reference volumes bound in dark-blue cloth.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for focal point
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
The Norwegian team’s World Cup campaign will rely heavily on Haaland’s form as the main finisher, attacking focal point, and player who opponents will most want to constrain.
—
Tushaar Kuthiala,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 June 2026
Though Brown’s plans ultimately failed due to a combination of bad luck and timing, Harpers Ferry became a symbol of the rapidly dividing country and a focal point for abolitionists.
—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2026
But the focal point of her living space was a bookcase laden with 26 reference volumes bound in dark-blue cloth.
—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for focal point
Recent Examples of Synonyms for focal point
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The story begins with the historic building designed by Edward Durrell Stone in the 1960s as the World Trade Center, with a cruciform plan that nodded to the four corners of the compass and New Orleans’ place as a center of international commerce.
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All that was missing from the game was a rusty shiv in the center circle.
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One of Anthropic’s great strengths compared to its archrival OpenAI is its maniacal focus.
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That same focus on controllables, turning the page on from failure, has helped spur Pages’ consistency.
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Others develop dangerous fluctuations in blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms because the autonomic nervous system becomes affected.
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Let heart guide tone, and your message lands.
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