Synonyms for focal
ˈfoʊ kəlfo·cal

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1. focaladjective

   having or localized centrally at a focus

   "focal point"; "focal infection"

   Antonyms:
   peripheral

2. focaladjective

   of or relating to a focus

   "focal length"

   Antonyms:
   peripheral

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1. List of paraphrases for "focal":

   liaison, coordination, contact, coordinating, centre, convergence, central, center, centres, link, jiao, coordinate, co-ordination, coordinated

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How to use focal in a sentence?

1. Andre Bakhos:

   Those are violent New Year fireworks. That's quite a way to start the day off, right now, the focal point is China, the global economic condition, and the fact that we're coming off a disappointing year on many levels, a frustrating year on many levels, only to walk in and have the( S&P) futures down 35 points.

2. Reggie Miller:

   What’s it going to take for them ? Obviously, to me, Drew Timme and Chet are the focal points, but, to me, college basketball always comes down to guard play because Drew Timme and Chet control the action, and your bigs can only take you so far in terms of rebounding and scoring. And I get all that, but you got to have good guard play to win an NCAA championship. Gonzaga has that. Baylor has that.

3. Neil Saunders:

   Black Friday has definitely transitioned more into a digital affair in the past five years, the focal point is not that single day anymore. It's an event spread out over several days.

4. Andre Bakhos:

   Those are violent New Year fireworks. That's quite a way to start the day off, right now, the focal point is China, the global economic condition, and the fact that we're coming off a disappointing year on many levels, a frustrating year on many levels, only to walk in and have the (S&P) futures down 35 points.

5. Julie Murray:

   This area, Landaff and Easton, is about 5 miles away from where Maura’s car was found, and it's in the easterly direction, the direction she was headed. The other encouraging point to this news is the fact that this was the focal point of a very early search back in May of 2004 from a local tip that stated a local saw a ‘young person running or moving quickly’ along that stretch of road. So for all of those reasons, this is really encouraging news from her family.