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"For the next forty-eight years, I didn't focus on my heritage."
p. 24.2

focus = concentrate
Fredi had always focused on getting kids excited to learn.
p. 30.1

focused = concentrated
Part of his coping mechanism was to focus on his running, and he didn't want to lose it.
p. 56.1

focus = concentrate, or look
It hurt, but he had other things to focus on.
p. 60.9

focus = concentrate
They were still tough, but now in a more focused, driven way.
p. 68.8

focused = concentrating
Fredi wanted to focus on the robot building and tried to steer the group back to the mission.
p. 90.2

focus = concentrate
For this broader team, Kamen's event was the main focus.
p. 126.2 *

focus = where attention is concentrated or directed
Cristian and Hanck stayed focused.
p. 141.7

focused = concentrating, or looking
"Let's focus," Oscar ordered.
p. 155.2

focus = concentrate
Fredi and Allan explained that the show wanted to focus on their immigration status.
p. 187.4
When ABC's Nightline aired their segment on the Carl Hayden kids, Arizona State Representative Russell Pearce explained to viewers that it was inappropriate to focus on a small group of students: "You can't paint this picture of this sweet child over here that we all probably know."
p. 190.9 *

focus = concentrate, or look
Lorenzo tamped down his feelings and tried to focus on his future.
p. 193.3
The thinking ran roughly along these lines: white people like the ocean and computers, so if there's a school that offers specialized classes focused on those things, it'll attract white people.†
p. 18.2
Phoenix was the prime focus—INS officials referred to Sky Harbor as the "Grand Central Station" of immigrant smuggling in the United States.†
p. 33.9
"I probably could have had three girlfriends that day if I was focused on that," he says.†
p. 57.1
But by his sophomore year, he just couldn't focus anymore on the college science classes.†
p. 57.9
He discovered that most of his course work would count toward a degree in secondary education with a science focus.†
p. 59.3
Wilson was a small school of 370 kids that was focused on giving low-income and minority students expanded opportunities.†
p. 74.1
He had never hung out with seniors, let alone someone as serious and focused as Oscar.†
p. 78.8
It would allow the rest of the team to focus on the more easily accomplished goals.†
p. 118.4
For Oscar, Luis, Lorenzo, and Cristian, it was an opportunity to hone their construction skills on dry land, experience a real competition, and focus on their teamwork.†
p. 126.3
The whole team was intensely focused—they only had forty-eight minutes until their next round and didn't have time to take the whole robot apart.†
p. 128.5
The glue dried almost immediately when two pieces of pipe were pressed together, so they had to focus.†
p. 137.2
These kids were fully focused on their robot.†
p. 144.3
Now that they were focused on the mission, both Oscar and Cristian relaxed and made almost imperceptibly small movements with their joysticks.†
p. 171.1
Robotics, she said, helped his flagging spirits during that time and had kept him focused on his education despite the challenges.†
p. 199.7
It was a coproduction between Lionsgate Entertainment and Grupo Televisa, the Mexican broadcasting company, and focused on the team's victory in Santa Barbara.†
p. 219.1

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(1) (focus as in: Turn your focus to question #2.)
to direct attention or effort toward a single thing; or the ability to do so without getting distracted
(2) (focus as in: The focus of our study is...)
where attention is concentrated or directed
(3) (focus as in: bring into focus; or out of focus)
a state where something has come into view or can be seen clearly; or an adjustment made to permit a clear view
(4) (focus as with technical usage)
technical usage typically involves some sense of center or concentration such as:
- physics — a point where things come together such as the point where light rays meet
- geometry — a fixed reference point (as of a parabola)
- geology — the point of origin of an earthquake
See a comprehensive dictionary for other less common meanings.
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

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