Establish and Focus

Establish

Establish verb - To gain full recognition or acceptance of.

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Focus and establish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Focus" instead a verb "Establish".

Focus verb - To fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective.

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Establish and focus are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Establish" instead a verb "Focus".

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

sense	establish sense	focus sense
power	establish power	focus power
life	establish life	focus life
place	establish place	focus place
Other words: plot, series, time, universe.

Adaptation Distillation: While the series lost its focus on office humor early on, it also reverted to the strip's original format to establish Dilbert as a proper protagonist.

Source: Western Animation / Dilbert
Mary's reign is sometimes touched on, but usually to establish the social, religious, and political background of an Elizabethan piece, rather than as the focus in and of themselves.

Source: The Greatest History Never Told
This is done deliberately to establish a different narrative style with focus on short stories.

Source: Literature / Galactic Crucibles

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