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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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By contrast, Disney Chief Financial Officer Hugh Johnston said the company pivoted to focus on drawing more U.S. visitors to American theme parks by lowering prices and creating more deals.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

He said being creative helped to focus his mind and "ensures that every day is different".

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

Study co-author Professor James Murphy said the discovery revealed a 'smoldering' molecular problem and encouraged the researchers to focus more closely on what happens at the beginning of the disease process.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

She lives at Pilgrim Place — a senior community with a focus on justice, peace and environment — where residents meet regularly to study, discuss and advocate for sustainability, biodiversity and environmental causes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

I blink, try to focus on her, but it’s like she’s wrapped in a fog.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The fasting mice had better blood values, less fatty liver and liver inflammation and above all: they developed less liver cancer and had fewer cancer foci in the liver.

From Science Daily May 7, 2024

One of the foci will be located at the origin.

From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

TRY IT #7 Graph the ellipse given by the equation Identify and label the center, vertices, co-vertices, and foci.

From Textbooks Sep. 23, 2020

If we draw a line through the foci intersects the ellipse in two points—each is called a vertex of the ellipse.

From Textbooks May 6, 2020

Ellipses have two centers, or foci; the more elongated the ellipse, the farther apart these foci are.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

The company has been pivoting to a broader platform and strategy — a “relationship-based selling” approach, whereby it focuses on catering to existing customers and selling them new products.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

In Walter’s case, the probe focuses on $20 billion of investments by Delaware Life and Clear Spring that weren’t properly marked as affiliated.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

New research published in Science Translational Medicine focuses on primary aldosteronism, a hormone disorder that may affect up to one in five people with high blood pressure.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

"I know very well it's likely to be extremely close," admitted Camila Salazar Atias, a 54-year-old criminologist whose work focuses on Sweden's organised crime networks and their grip on society.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

When the theater lights fall, Joey focuses on the stage and listens to the music she’s always loved.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Unlike Orban, who waxes lyrical on global politics, Magyar focusses on domestic issues such as healthcare, education, transport and rural depopulation in his speeches.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2026

"The metallic tip acts like an antenna and focusses the electromagnetic field in a tiny area below its apex."

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 2024

“This shocking news focusses our minds on Michael’s wife Clare and their sons,” said Roy Taylor, a professor of medicine and metabolism at Newcastle University who co-authored “The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet” with Mosley.

From Seattle Times Jun. 7, 2024

This latest research focusses on how this happens at the structural level.

From Science Daily Dec. 5, 2023

The simple method of producing Shakespeare focusses the interest of the audience on the actor and actress; it gives them a dignity and importance which are unknown to the complex method.

From Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays by Sir Sidney Lee

But he framed her race as a choice between Kim and her opponent, saying the campaign’s messaging is focused on Calvert’s record.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

“We are proud of our key leadership hires and continuous infrastructure upgrades and we have quickly scaled and remain focused on growing responsibly at the frontier of finance, tech, and culture.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

Traditionally, researchers have focused heavily on how those nodes are connected.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

The lawsuit focused primarily on Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins, whose packaging depicts the seasonal candy with a carved jack-o’-lantern face.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

He focused on the golden light, awaiting the familiar tug.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

At the Met Office headquarters, the screens in one corner of the control centre are focussed on close up imagery of the Sun.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

This leadership contest has – somewhat unexpectedly – focussed on the issue of gender in recent days.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Across Caracas and La Guaira, many were focussed instead on Sunday services in churches to remember those lost and still missing.

From Barron's Jul. 5, 2026

"We're currently focussed on the Grand Final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, with 25 incredible songs and artists from across Europe and Australia competing," they said.

From BBC May 15, 2026

“Partly on his interest being focussed on what he calls ‘the soul,’ which he persists in regarding as an entity independent of the physical environment, whereas, as I tried to point out to him ...”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Sullivan has argued that medical countermeasures should be developed more broadly for pathogens capable of causing severe illness or death in humans, rather than focusing only on viruses already known to cause frequent outbreaks.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

The company, which originally focused on photonics for industrial applications and eventually moved into telecommunications, is now focusing on AI.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

The retailer has been focusing on "newer styles and relevant trends" to attract younger customers, says Illis.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Microsoft’s most significant error, she said, was leading with technology rather than focusing on people and process.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

“There!” said Nala, focusing her laser-sharp eyes and pointing.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

It has been promoted as a means of bringing people together in the shared story of their traumatic past, with "reparations" quite literally focussing on "repair" at a very human level.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The NHS was thought to have only two weeks' supply in stock and so was focussing on emergency patients and the most complex cases on the waiting list.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

What is the multi-trillion pound industry focussing on in 2026?

From BBC Jan. 2, 2026

However, Tom Lubbock, from pollsters JL Partners, thinks focussing on Reform UK is "extremely smart politics".

From BBC Sep. 30, 2025

Occasionally, focussing on a linguistic alteration can mislead us into thinking that something important has happened when it hasn’t, or that something happened at a particular moment when it actually happened earlier.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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