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das Augenmerk (no pl.)  attention; focus

Fast 20 Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung will die CDU mehr Augenmerk auf Ost-Geschichte legen.
Almost 20 years after reunification the CDU wants more attention paid to East-German history.
Besonders waren natürlich die Hauptfunktionen im Augenmerk, da es bislang noch keine technischen Lösungen gab.
Of course the primary functions were being concentrated on, since there were as yet no technical solutions.

Related Words:
sein Augenmerk auf etw richten / legen to direct/turn one's attention to sth, focus on sth, pay attention to sth
im Augenmerk (von) the focus (of)
im Augenmerk haben focus on
im Augenmerk liegen/stehen be the focus
die Aufmerksamkeit attention

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