focus group
noun
: a small group of people whose response to something (such as a new product or a politician's image) is studied to determine the response that can be expected from a larger population
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Brands have been surveying consumers, running focus groups, analyzing loyalty data and building data lakes for a long time.
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Chris Fosdick, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Fayetteville chose to make a second policy more focused on responsible student use following survey and focus group feedback, Wilkinson said.
—Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2025
Postmortem focus groups proved that those executives were one hundred per cent correct.
—Seth Reiss, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
In 1985, Freeman, on the promotional launch for The Emerald Forest, made use of extensive telephone interviews with focus group members to help refine the film’s narrative and flow.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
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Chris Fosdick, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Fayetteville chose to make a second policy more focused on responsible student use following survey and focus group feedback, Wilkinson said.
—Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2025
Postmortem focus groups proved that those executives were one hundred per cent correct.
—Seth Reiss, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
In 1985, Freeman, on the promotional launch for The Emerald Forest, made use of extensive telephone interviews with focus group members to help refine the film’s narrative and flow.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
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“Focus group.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/focus%20group. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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