focus
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A listing, they say, will destroy its character by making it accountable to outside shareholders whose focus would be financial returns.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Rather than focus on the odds of a one-day crash, the professors focused on the probability of a 40% decline over a two-year period.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The supertitle screens hang above the set at left and right, and it can be exhausting to keep a dual focus on the characters and their dialogue at the same time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The job funded her first solo apartment in MacArthur Park, but an insurance payout from a totaled car ultimately gave her the financial runway to leave sales behind and focus solely on music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
As I tried to focus on what Mr. Dowuona was saying, he poked me in the ribs, grinned broadly, and pointed at Kekeli.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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
The center must be the midpoint of the line segment joining the foci.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
One of the foci will be located at the origin.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Identify the center, vertices, co-vertices, and foci of the ellipse.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 23, 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
His research focuses on how volcanoes work, particularly what causes some eruptions to become explosive and which processes control their behavior.
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
Poppet turns to make a face at him but then focuses her gaze upward, looking into the clear night sky.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
"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
But she also currently shadows the Cabinet Office brief, which focusses on government procedure and the effective running of government.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2023
He seems uncommonly alert and genial; he focusses brilliantly the entire attention of the party.
From With the Procession by Henry Blake Fuller
Renowned internationally, she had a busy concert schedule focused on art songs, choral music, opera arias and Negro spirituals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Rather than focus on the odds of a one-day crash, the professors focused on the probability of a 40% decline over a two-year period.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
They are more focused on the perceived under performance of so many players given the 12 games out of 17 that were won under the 45-year-old over the second half of last season.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The researchers focused on the hypothalamus, a small brain region that helps coordinate metabolism and other essential functions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
So I focused on ATO in the evenings and frenzied work on the Essa project as my deadline approached.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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
The college said mental health staff have been too focussed on treating symptoms rather than exploring how past traumatic experiences can still affect patients.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Pushing through this is definitely not easy, England stayed focussed, they stayed in the zone, a huge shout out to them because that's not an easy one.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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
“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
Investors are focusing on policy-related developments and crude oil prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The club have also had a remarkably high turnover of players over the past four years, with the initial strategy focusing on signing young players to long-term contracts.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
And while it might seem odd that such a tech company is selling clothing, others are getting in on the act too – and also focusing on exclusivity.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
"The return to classes will be gradual and safe, focusing primarily on the emotional well-being not only of our students but also of our staff," the principal Marco Antonio Espinoza said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Her eyes narrow, focusing on the reflections in the curve of the watch, and then they soften, looking at something beyond the watch, beyond the train.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
He described the Scottish election result as "disappointing and hurtful" and took full responsibility for the strategy of focussing the campaign on constituencies rather than the list vote.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
"As intervention is required, the government in making appropriate interventions but we're already focussing on keeping bills down."
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
What is the multi-trillion pound industry focussing on in 2026?
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
"So I'm just looking forward to focussing on medicine in the near future."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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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