focus
noun
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity.
had focussed
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past perfectof focus.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She criticised the accounts of prosecution witnesses, and said the investigation had focussed on "disproving the Geeveses version of events" rather than investigating the cause of Amber’s disappearance.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2024
Bruegel said governments had focussed most of the support on non-targeted measures to curb the retail price consumers pay for energy, such as VAT cuts on petrol or retail power price caps.
From Reuters ● Feb. 13, 2023
Until now, Welsh police forces had focussed on engaging and educating first time offenders, with fines only happening if people were found in breach of rules on multiple occasions.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2020
Kuznets had come up with his inverted-U-shaped curve only because he had focussed on too small a slice of history.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 26, 2019
At this period the war had focussed a sort of superficial prosperity here.
From The Storm Centre by Mary Noailles Murfree
