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Recent Examples of focal point
The bill appears to be the focal point of the rift, but the two clearly have different ideas on what America's future should be.
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Charles Singh, USA Today, 7 June 2025
One of the main focal points has been the eighth hole, a par-3 that measures an impressive 300 yards.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Visited Places in Apple Maps AI announcements were rather muted at WWDC, humming along in the background rather than a focal point of the keynote.
—Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, 10 June 2025
Harvard University, in particular, has become a national focal point.
—Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
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Charles Singh, USA Today, 7 June 2025
One of the main focal points has been the eighth hole, a par-3 that measures an impressive 300 yards.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Visited Places in Apple Maps AI announcements were rather muted at WWDC, humming along in the background rather than a focal point of the keynote.
—Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, 10 June 2025
Harvard University, in particular, has become a national focal point.
—Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for focal point
Noun
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Wolf, a seven-foot, 250-pound center, spent his first two college seasons at Yale before transferring to Michigan.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2025
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Others, such as 18-year-old fellow center back Jordyn Bugg and 21-year-old Lilly Reale, will be playing with Girma for the first time.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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Ending automatic birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment has been a focus for the Trump administration.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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The focus will be lunch for daytime visitors, but there will be small plates designed to complement the maison’s cuvées through the early evening.—
Rachel King,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Rather than solely leaning on designing for moneyed families and those with means to drop thousands on new pieces each season, the designer opts to create from his heart.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
22 June 2025
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Roth went right for Rubin’s heart, invoking the Paul Skenes Topps MLB Debut Patch autographed one-of-one card that famously sold for $1.11 million to Dick’s Sporting Goods in March.—
Larry Holder,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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“Focal point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/focal%20point. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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