Example Sentences

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Campbell insisted he was focussing on the future and delivering on his election promises.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

The government said it was focussing on restoring stability to the economy and mortgage market.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2022

He was focussing on the challenges faced by performers who had recently emigrated from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2019

If the eye was focussing on the head, this would generate an illusion of the player floating.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2010

I had my Q-beam pointed into space, and I was focussing it, intending to put it on Mars at the time of proper conjunction.

From Jimsy and the Monsters by Sheldon, Walter J.