principal focus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of principal focus
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Przemysl emerged as a principal focus of the ongoing exodus because it is the first major city to the west of Medyka, the busiest crossing point along the 300-mile Polish-Ukrainian border.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
It was the same year in which McConnell identified his party’s principal focus.
From MSNBC ● Mar. 5, 2019
His principal focus is, in short, to keep the country safe.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2017
That’s the principal focus of the FBI and the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is moving forward with its work despite all the controversy involving the House committee and the White House.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2017
The relationship which exists between pairs of points in this manner is termed the conjugate foci of a lens, and though every lens has only one principal focus, yet its conjugate foci are innumerable.
From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Martin, Marcus J.
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