Focus and Issue

Focus

Focus noun - A thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest.

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Issue and focus are semantically related. in subject topic. In some cases you can use "Issue" instead a noun "Focus".

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

Issue noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Focus and issue are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Focus" instead a noun "Issue".

Nearby Words: issued, issuing, issuance, issuer

full	full focus	full issue
special	special focus	special issue
particular	particular focus	particular issue
specific	specific focus	specific issue
Other adjectives: original, single, actual, entire, real, big, serious, huge, little, main, new, major, mental, general, political, larger, primary, different, bigger, biggest.

ability	focus ability	issue ability
strength	focus strength	issue strength
amount	focus amount	issue amount
time	focus time	issue time
Other words: money, light, times.

The movie's approach is to focus on the similarities between the United States and the Soviet Union while treating communism as a non-issue.

Source: Film / Mission to Moscow
Bevan said he kept his anonymity to focus the attention on his music instead of him, and decided to drop it when he felt it became too much of an issue.

Source: Music / Burial
One issue would be couples hooking up, the next issue would focus on moving the plot forward with almost no sex at all.

Source: Comic Book / Omaha the Cat Dancer

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