focus
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In its March earnings call, CEO Beekhuizen said the company would once again focus on families with kids.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 31, 2026
“As we move forward, Halle is determined to continue to focus on the well-being and best interests of her family.”
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 30, 2026
"We focus on the medical need," he stressed.
From Barron's β Oct. 30, 2026
One of those efforts, known as the buyback program, is a major focus of the lawsuit.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 30, 2026
“As I said, we normally focus more on the working conditions of lower-class women in factory settings, where their daily duties put them at risk of considerable harm,” Tess continues.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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 β May 7, 2024
One of the foci will be located at the origin.
From Textbooks β Dec. 21, 2021
Identify the center, vertices, co-vertices, and foci of the ellipse.
From Textbooks β Sep. 23, 2020
A line drawn through the foci intersect the ellipse in two points.
From Textbooks β May 6, 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
Treatment typically focuses on reducing symptoms and maintaining mobility.
From Science Daily β Oct. 28, 2026
Instacart, however, focuses on grocery delivery rather than restaurant-prepared meals.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 27, 2026
The Financial Times focuses on Anthropic, and what it says is set to be one of the largest ever initial public offerings.
From BBC β Oct. 27, 2026
The Mamdani housing plan focuses on building homes for working-class New Yorkers, he said, but it doesn’t do enough for the lowest-income bracket.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 26, 2026
He focuses his attention back on his work and on Vincent.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
"This work," it says, "has been done in line with government regulation and dietary guidance, which focusses on the nutritional content of food rather than the level of processing."
From BBC β Sep. 26, 2026
The trust also includes Chase Farm hospital, which focusses on planned surgery - such as orthopaedics and ear, nose and throat.
From BBC β Feb. 13, 2025
"The metallic tip acts like an antenna and focusses the electromagnetic field in a tiny area below its apex."
From Science Daily β 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 β Jun. 7, 2024
The reason for this is that the analysis focusses only on the link between wage costs and productivity.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus
The protest movement, which brings together Yellow Vest activists, trade unions, and students, initially focused on the cost of living, inequality, and deteriorating learning conditions.
From Barron's β Oct. 30, 2026
So far, much of the AI investment cycle has focused on building capacity—the next phase will be adoption.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 30, 2026
In response, Ryan Turnball, a Liberal MP and the parliamentary secretary for finance, said the government is focused on reducing Canada's deficit and "ensuring public funds support growth, resilience and the well-being of Canadians".
From BBC β Oct. 30, 2026
Thursday’s decision was “really focused on the best interests of the minor child,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 30, 2026
Every time I look up at this plaque, I can see that expression on Dad’s face—hopeful and proud and focused on me and only me.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
The first minister's speech focussed on reform of the public sector to save money, cut bureaucracy, and improve how services are delivered.
From BBC β Sep. 2, 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 β Aug. 26, 2026
This leadership contest has – somewhat unexpectedly – focussed on the issue of gender in recent days.
From BBC β Aug. 20, 2026
But that didn't stop its shares from surging nearly 10 percent on Thursday, as investors focussed on its profit outlook.
From Barron's β Aug. 14, 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 developments in the Middle East and energy prices.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 29, 2026
Suazo said she really took to heart the event’s theme, focusing on the mention of suffering having no borders.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 29, 2026
Isaac Butler makes the case that the film holds a mirror up to its audience by focusing on the nature of performance and artifice.
From Slate β Oct. 29, 2026
Rather than focusing only on the animal itself, the scientists treated its tooth as a record of the world in which it lived.
From Science Daily β Oct. 29, 2026
Felix had been buying stuff he wanted, not focusing on the price and the end goal of spending every penny.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
"Additionally, some trade unions are devoting energy to local consultations to mitigate the impact on those colleagues in detriment – focussing on providing specific solutions."
From BBC β Sep. 24, 2026
It has been promoted as a means of bringing people together in the shared story of their traumatic past, with "reparations" quite literally focussing on "repair" at a very human level.
From BBC β Aug. 16, 2026
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 β May 10, 2026
What is the multi-trillion pound industry focussing on in 2026?
From BBC β Jan. 2, 2026
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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