principal focus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of principal focus
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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In some of these stories, the genre elements are a means to an end rather than the principal focus.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
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
In the modern N.F.L., just about every team has made the passing game the principal focus of its offensive attack.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2018
Its influence can be the less doubted, as intermitting fevers are observed to degenerate into typhoid fevers, in proportion as we approach the lagoon, which is the principal focus of putrid miasms.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
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