The Clue
Futurists' focus (6 letter answer)
The Answer
TRENDS
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Notes
The answer TRENDS is uncommon, appearing about once every 500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Courses
Currents
Developments
Drifts
Fashions
Inclinations
Leanings
Swings
Tendencies
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In things
Vogues
Current styles
Faddists' concerns
General movement
Pollsters' concerns
Style news
Stock watchers' concerns
They come and go
Now people set them
Stock analysts study them
What the fashion-savvy watch for
What some polls reveal
Definition
TREND as a noun:
1. (tendency, trend) = a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
2. (course, trend) = general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
3. (drift, trend, movement) = a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
4. (vogue, trend, style) = the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
TREND as a verb:
1. (swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut) = turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"