Thesaurus results for FOCI

foci

noun

variants also focuses

plural of focus

as in centers

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest in the 19th century Paris was the focus of the art world

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Relevance

as in compasses

a guiding or motivating purpose or principle a wildlife conservation organization that seems to have lost its focus

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Recent Examples of foci In its announcement Thursday, the Lucas has revealed the thematic compositions of the majority of these galleries, which range from focuses on specific artists to medium-specific hangs. —

Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026 Running April 23-May 3, the Canary Islands event returns with more than 100 titles spanning competition, retrospectives, live-score screenings and special focuses. —

Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026 That comprehensive toll is one of the central focuses of a key report by Geoffrey Roth, a Standing Rock Sioux descendant, former vice chair of the Permanent Forum, and board chair of the Indigenous Determinants of Health Alliance, an international Indigenous health advocacy nonprofit. —

Anita Hofschneider, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026 With Boeing already releasing its first-quarter plane deliveries ahead of the quarter, one of the focuses on Wednesday will be on orders — both in its commercial and defense divisions — and the size of their backlogs. —

Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026 New studies by two major La Jolla medical research institutions explore aging and its effects on the brain, albeit with different focuses. —

Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026 Despite Texas not satisfying their trio of focuses, a trio of sophomores stepped up to help carry the Longhorns to the Elite Eight. —

Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 29 Mar. 2026 For Intelligence, the new focuses are real-time device telemetry, with Intel Device IQ (more about that below) able to detect issues and trigger local AI for remediation. —

John Burek, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026 One of his main focuses as chief will be on staffing. —

Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026

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Still, much of the public conversations around education centers on test scores and older students, leaving early childhood largely out of the discussion.

— Tina Dello Russo, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
Soriano and Pawlowski have been two of the leaders who have protested the location of any Amazon data centers at 61st Avenue and Colorado Street.

— Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026