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Frontier models in the billions and trillions of parameters have been a focal point of the past two years as generative AI enthusiasm has continued to grow steadily finding its way into our apps, devices, and businesses–with new tools and use cases coming to market almost daily.
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Daniel Newman, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
Trucks traveling across the World Trade International Bridge in Laredo, Texas, U.S.
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Cross-border truck transits between Mexico and the United States are at a historic high at a time when tariffs and trade policy are a focal point in the U.S. election.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
Food was a focal point of the wedding day, but the couple didn’t want a sit-down dinner.
—Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2024
In my experience, technology should serve as the bridge, not the focal point.
—Aaron Vick, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Daniel Newman, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
Trucks traveling across the World Trade International Bridge in Laredo, Texas, U.S.
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images
Cross-border truck transits between Mexico and the United States are at a historic high at a time when tariffs and trade policy are a focal point in the U.S. election.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
Food was a focal point of the wedding day, but the couple didn’t want a sit-down dinner.
—Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2024
In my experience, technology should serve as the bridge, not the focal point.
—Aaron Vick, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for focal point
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Parts of New Jersey that had once been centers of manufacturing, shipyards and shipping, among other industries, have since be redeveloped into upper middle-class residential units, catering to white-collar tertiary sector jobs.Andrew DePietro, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Globally: The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide have contact information for crisis centers around the world.Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
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Given the broader audience, and star power in this year’s Fall Classic, the focus of going with personalities, and the wider view makes sense.Maury Brown, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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The Phantom and Norma are both attention-hungry spiders in glittering lairs; both are fantasists whose faces, either twisted or simply aging, become their obsessive focus.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Maybe having only a piece of their hearts isn’t enough.Heran Mamo, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2024
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Still, horror is close to her heart, and getting in bed with the infamous exploitation house New World Pictures was a rite of genre passage back then.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Focal point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/focal%20point. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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