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prime focus

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noun

  1. the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Retail investors have become a prime focus on the alt industry and private credit has been one of the more popular product offerings.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

She reiterated that her prime focus would be homelessness and renewed her pledge to immediately declare a state of emergency on the issue.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2022

Controlling the growth in price pressures remains their prime focus.

From Reuters • Aug. 26, 2022

The role of the government in the Grenfell fire is now the prime focus of the long-running public inquiry, which is in its final stages.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2022

Though the case had never been solved, it had originally been a prime focus of investigators, and when I returned to New York, I gathered evidentiary material related to the crime.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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