fixation
Example Sentences
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In one of Fox’s narratives—a tale within Ms. Oyeyemi’s tale—this fixation is called out by Mary Foxe, a character Mr. Fox has supposedly imagined.
It seemed Musk would need a Captain Ahab fixation to make the Model S real.
The report highlighted cases of premature removal of bone fixation devices, operations carried out without a clear rationale, problems with how bones were pinned and making cuts into bones at the wrong level.
From BBC
The author’s financial fixations permeate every page of the book.
His fixation on Greenland rests on his conviction that American security is bound up with the fate of the Arctic.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
