Focus and Try

Focus

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

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

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Focus and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Focus" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

good	good focus	good try
special	special focus	special try
usual	usual focus	usual try
total	total focus	total try
Other adjectives: single, obvious, actual, entire, real, big, great, huge, new, major, general, less, extra, alternate.

power	focus power	try power
life	focus life	try life
people	focus people	try people
team	focus team	try team
Other words: series, time, money, strategy, magic, times, powers.

The second game's DLC expansion Way of Life finally allows players of all faiths to pick the Seduction focus and try and woo any character they desire - including their siblings.

Source: Video Game / Crusader Kings
Dirty Jobs has also begun to air on the channel, which seems to try and focus more on episodes with segments involving animals, but often slips into non-animal stuff.

Source: Network Decay / Slipped
Let's try and focus on the ones in the stock games, okay?

Source: Video Game / Space Empires

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