fixation
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The Met Gala, which began in 1948, was always a fixture of the New York society pages, but in the last 10 years it has become an all-eyes-on cultural fixation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
A quietly brilliant premise, and a film no one has ever really made, despite the “hag” title perfectly primed for a tale of sick fixation.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
These reveal a fixation on technology and—unusual for a Haring exhibition—an interest in violence absent from his best-known work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
It became a point of fixation for audiences who'd taken to hyper-analysing actor Jacob Elordi's portrayal of the tortured anti-hero opposite Margot Robbie as his lover Cathy.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
Which probably explains his fixation on the Trials.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Vocabulary lists containing fixation
Psychology
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 2
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