fixate
Example Sentences
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“His decisions at trial,” his lawyers argue, were “based on fear and paranoia rather than rational thinking; he would fixate on small details, while missing the big picture.”
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
While some investors fixate on Nvidia chips or large language models such as Alphabet’s Gemini, Chintalapalli is focused on utilities, backup-power providers, and real estate—the physical infrastructure needed to support the AI boom.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
After shelling out for college and amassing years of experience, it is natural to fixate on jobs in your one field to justify those investments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
Halpern's earlier research identified a distinct pattern of electrical activity in the NAc that appears right before a person begins to fixate on food and feels the urge to binge.
From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025
I fixate on the idea of someone calling Dell Duke "Big Boy."
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Vocabulary lists containing fixate
Pride
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The Prince and the Dressmaker
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As Brave as You
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