into focus
idiom
1
: into a state in which things are seen clearly and sharply
bringing the binoculars into focus
It took him a few seconds after he woke up to bring his eyes into focus.
2
: into a state or condition in which something can be clearly understood
She tried to bring the important issues into focus.
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What that means has not yet come into focus, but clues abound in the many executive orders that Trump has issued in the weeks since he’s taken office.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2025
The relationship between the Cubs and the Japanese player came into focus during Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings, where Wasserman agent Joel Wolfe told reporters that the club had broached the subject of Suzuki potentially waiving his no-trade clause.
—Patrick Mooney, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
Amid the dust of what looks to be Trump’s blowing up of the previous US position on peace, another administration priority is also coming into focus: an attention shift away from Europe and toward China.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
By the time Ross died, in 1951, and Shawn succeeded him, the fullness of the magazine—its blend of humor, art, deep reporting, criticism, poetry, and fiction, as well as its devotion to, among other values, accuracy and clarity—had come into focus.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2025
The relationship between the Cubs and the Japanese player came into focus during Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings, where Wasserman agent Joel Wolfe told reporters that the club had broached the subject of Suzuki potentially waiving his no-trade clause.
—Patrick Mooney, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
Amid the dust of what looks to be Trump’s blowing up of the previous US position on peace, another administration priority is also coming into focus: an attention shift away from Europe and toward China.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
By the time Ross died, in 1951, and Shawn succeeded him, the fullness of the magazine—its blend of humor, art, deep reporting, criticism, poetry, and fiction, as well as its devotion to, among other values, accuracy and clarity—had come into focus.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Into focus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20focus. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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