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focus

[foh-kuhs] / ˈfoʊ kəs /
NOUN
center or object of attention
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NOUN
point at which light or sound converge
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OpenAI has since made its own coding tool Codex a focus of the company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Pushkar Raj Sabharwal's comments to the BBC come months after he rejected some media reports that suggested investigators were shifting focus to his son, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the senior pilot in the cockpit.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“It would be concerning to the bond market if that’s the focus of his discussion compared to talking about shorter term inflation being a risk.”

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

More recently, the speculative focus has moved toward chip stocks.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Anytime I focus on having this gift, I always go back to how much my mom wanted it.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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