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or focusses
as in concentrates
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
try to focus your attention on the task at hand
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Recent Examples of focuses
The menswear and womenswear label focuses on tailored jackets, coats, and outerwear.
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Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The report primarily focuses on the treatment of migrant workers, who HRW says will bear the brunt of building Saudi’s World Cup dream.
—Ben Church, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Importantly, this research focuses not only on clinical or extreme narcissism, but also non-clinical or adaptive narcissism, which is far more common among successful managers, particularly in the corporate and political worlds.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Melissa Cruz is an elections reporting fellow who focuses on voter access issues for the USA TODAY Network.
—Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
The partnership comes several years after an initial agreement signed by France and Saudi Arabia in 2018 that focuses on the latter’s museums and archaeological sites.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Helmed by Roach, Meet the Parents focuses on a nurse (Stiller) having trouble getting accepted by his girlfriend’s overbearing father (De Niro).
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
Rather the film focuses on Dylan and the folk scene in New York back then.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
For Animal Lovers Dogs by Gray Malin A coffee table book that focuses on your favorite family member–except Malin ups the ante by photographing dogs in posh scenes (think poolside at the Beverly Hills Hotel).
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2024
Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The report primarily focuses on the treatment of migrant workers, who HRW says will bear the brunt of building Saudi’s World Cup dream.
—Ben Church, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Importantly, this research focuses not only on clinical or extreme narcissism, but also non-clinical or adaptive narcissism, which is far more common among successful managers, particularly in the corporate and political worlds.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Melissa Cruz is an elections reporting fellow who focuses on voter access issues for the USA TODAY Network.
—Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
The partnership comes several years after an initial agreement signed by France and Saudi Arabia in 2018 that focuses on the latter’s museums and archaeological sites.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Helmed by Roach, Meet the Parents focuses on a nurse (Stiller) having trouble getting accepted by his girlfriend’s overbearing father (De Niro).
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
Rather the film focuses on Dylan and the folk scene in New York back then.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
For Animal Lovers Dogs by Gray Malin A coffee table book that focuses on your favorite family member–except Malin ups the ante by photographing dogs in posh scenes (think poolside at the Beverly Hills Hotel).
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2024
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