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Recent Examples of focal point
Several high-profile assaults and thefts made crime a bipartisan focal point for the district: A congressman was held at gunpoint and carjacked, and a congresswoman was assaulted in her apartment building.
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Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
His incredible season as the focal point of Green Bay’s offense, highlighted by 14 touchdowns, ensures it.
—Theo Gremminger, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
These prominent features are best seen using a refractor telescope with a long focal length (the distance from the objective lens to the focal point) that accommodates eyepieces offering 200x magnification.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2024
The Sayyida Zeinab shrine, believed to house the grave of Zaynab bint Ali, the granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad, has been a focal point for religious pilgrims.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
His incredible season as the focal point of Green Bay’s offense, highlighted by 14 touchdowns, ensures it.
—Theo Gremminger, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
These prominent features are best seen using a refractor telescope with a long focal length (the distance from the objective lens to the focal point) that accommodates eyepieces offering 200x magnification.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2024
The Sayyida Zeinab shrine, believed to house the grave of Zaynab bint Ali, the granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad, has been a focal point for religious pilgrims.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for focal point
Recent Examples of Synonyms for focal point
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Staff at a nearby senior care center have evacuated as a result, moving patients still in hospital beds and gowns to safety while awaiting medical transport to safer locations.Christina Shaw, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
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After largely living up to their lofty preseason expectations during Porziņģis’s early-season absence, the Celtics have run into bumps while trying to reincorporate the center.Jay King, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Those games touch on similarly heady themes of culture and identity; but by limiting its focus on violence, 1000xResist’s story goes places those larger titles can’t.Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025
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There will, no doubt, be an intense focus on the second generation of Galaxy AI and a wide range of connected peripherals.Ewan Spence, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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The supermodel and her lookalike daughter took the same brief to heart when choosing outfits for Kate’s 51st birthday party at China Tang at The Dorchester.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
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The issue is particularly close to his heart given his eldest son, Beau Biden, died in 2015 after being diagnosed with brain cancer believed to be a consequence of exposure to military burn pits while serving in Iraq.Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Focal point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/focal%20point. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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