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focussed

  • past participle
    of focus.
    focus
    noun
    a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity.
  • past tense form
    of focus.
    focus
    noun
    a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity.

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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

With the regime utterly focussed on its own survival, Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, a Chatham House analyst based in Abu Dhabi, does not expect to see a different approach to dissent.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

A number of other parties focussed on picking up seats this way, which sees MSPs elected in wider electoral regions.

From BBC ● May 10, 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