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as in center
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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as in compass
a guiding or motivating purpose or principle
a wildlife conservation organization that seems to have lost its focus
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as in to concentrate
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
try to focus your attention on the task at hand
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Recent Examples of focus
S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
At the moment, the Heat’s roster focus has to be on the Heat.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2025
Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Beauty, a cosmetics firm in California, said more companies need to focus on making young women feel seen and heard.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 17 June 2025
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Noun
And a focus on an act does not remove the presence of an actor.
—S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
At the moment, the Heat’s roster focus has to be on the Heat.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2025
Verb
Trump said on social media that his call with Putin was focused on that conflict.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Beauty, a cosmetics firm in California, said more companies need to focus on making young women feel seen and heard.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for focus
Noun
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Wolf, a seven-foot, 250-pound center, spent his first two college seasons at Yale before transferring to Michigan.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2025
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Others, such as 18-year-old fellow center back Jordyn Bugg and 21-year-old Lilly Reale, will be playing with Girma for the first time.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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Consistency reassures your stakeholders that your compass has not changed, even if the landscape has.—
Eric Reicin,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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The compass is pointing straight north after a 10-win season, something felt in the huddle and on every snap with Nix.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
5 June 2025
Verb
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The roles are mostly concentrated in senior and management levels.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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While trying to concentrate on outplaying DeChambeau in that six-hole playoff four years ago, Cantlay said he was struck by the intensity of the fans’ reactions to their shots.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Shockley, for instance, worked at Bell Labs, a mid-century hub that invented the modern solar cell and the first portable operating system.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Demonstrations took place in hundreds of U.S. cities, according to Reuters, with large-scale gatherings reported in major hubs such as Philadelphia; Los Angeles; Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; and New York.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
Noun
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This after Windows 11 dipped and Windows 10 recovered in May, widening the gap between new and old in the wrong direction.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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At its narrowest point, the strait is about 21 miles wide, with two shipping lanes two miles wide in each direction.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
Noun
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Most partnership model firms lack the capital to invest in AI, talent, and infrastructure.—
Mark A. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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San Francisco was ranked 57th on quality of city services but 148th in total budget per capital.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Walters noted that both direct and indirect loans to the general fund budget are drawn from special funds designated for specific purposes.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
26 June 2025
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Users can examine the prompts and the chats that made those examples possible and even modify them for their own purposes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
Noun
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And while the epicenter of this movement is in Hardwick, Vermont – a town of 1,000 people that has transformed itself from a hardscrabble rural hamlet into a mecca of food and sustainability – the impacts go well beyond it.—
Riley Robinson,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 June 2025
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The moniker Mall was more about marketing than reality, which confused out-of-state visitors expecting a shopping mecca.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
29 May 2025
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“Focus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/focus. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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