focus
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"Those days, if I'm practising or not, I'm trying to be chill and focus on the next round. So golf this year isn't an option."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
"Our focus is on search and rescue at three levels -- on ground, by air, and in the tunnels. We are making sure that no one is still stranded."
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Last year, cellist Tomeka Reid released a collection of Hemphill’s compositions, with a focus on one of his influences, Charles Mingus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“The main focus in the Iran conflict over the weekend was a tit-for-tat escalation targeting commercial shipping in and around the Gulf,” Jim Reid, of Deutsche Bank, wrote in a Monday note.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
I needed to focus on the here and now and find a way to pull off Christmas on this island.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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 ● May 7, 2024
An ellipse is the set of all points in the plane the sum of whose distances from two fixed points, called the foci, is a constant.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
TRY IT #7 Graph the ellipse given by the equation Identify and label the center, vertices, co-vertices, and foci.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 23, 2020
A line drawn through the foci intersect the ellipse in two points.
From Textbooks ● 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
The formal description appears in the international journal ZooKeys, which focuses on biodiversity and taxonomy.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
His unit, the Customer Experience Orchestration business, focuses on the use of artificial intelligence to help customers obtain information and connect with brands.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
The 10-episode series focuses on Mary Bennet, the couple's seemingly unremarkable middle daughter as she navigates the societal pressures of Regency England.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Markey is a Boston-accented two-term senator who has made climate change one of his main legislative focuses.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Some research focuses on behavior, like the stuff Dr. Atchley does.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
"The metallic tip acts like an antenna and focusses the electromagnetic field in a tiny area below its apex."
From Science Daily ● 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 ● Jun. 7, 2024
This latest research focusses on how this happens at the structural level.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
When it comes to providing more housing the document focusses again on reform, this time of the planning system.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023
For him the light focusses now to one vision, Shot through its beautiful heart with black terror, Terror from weakness, remorse and leave-taking.
From Songs, Sonnets & Miscellaneous Poems by Thomas Runciman
From Manhattan skyscrapers to rural barns, the subject matter shows that her observational skills could be focused as intently on the manmade world as on the natural one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
I'm just focused on taking it race by race and trying to maximise every single weekend.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Chinese media have primarily focused their reporting on the scale of search and rescue operations, and have not broadcast footage showing the reactions of families.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
"A really focused human operator can respond on the order of seconds," Rothstein said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
There were seven people in the photo, but Coal focused on his mother and the man she was holding hands with.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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 ● Aug. 26, 2026
This leadership contest has – somewhat unexpectedly – focussed on the issue of gender in recent days.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Across Caracas and La Guaira, many were focussed instead on Sunday services in churches to remember those lost and still missing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
Downing Street declined to comment on the essay before it was published, but said Sir Keir was "fully focussed on delivering change for working people".
From BBC ● May 26, 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
Master carpenter Joseph W., who did not want to give his last name, declined to speak about endorsements, focusing instead on the challenges of workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The researchers analyzed seismic data collected by NASA's InSight mission, focusing on waves generated by meteoroid impacts and marsquakes, the Martian equivalent of earthquakes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Undaunted, by 1968 Steinem was a columnist for New York Magazine, focusing on progressive social issues and women's rights.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
With the market for video games now expanded well beyond the stereotype of adolescent boys, the team behind the new game says this time they are focusing on Lara as a strong character.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
“You look like you’re having a hard time focusing today, Bat,” said Mr. Grayson.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
AI has shaken the cyber-security world, with concerns focussing on Mythos in particular.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
"As intervention is required, the government in making appropriate interventions but we're already focussing on keeping bills down."
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
Vaughan said Buttler is focussing too much on his technique while attempting to get out of his rut.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
Dr Becks Fisher said, of the Nuffield Trust think tank, said the service will be helpful for some and focussing on menopause and menstrual health "makes sense" given the long waits for gynaecology services.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 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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