single-minded

Example Sentences

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The revolutionary pharoah builds a great city and reduces spiritual chaos by focusing on a single-minded form of worship.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

This may yet be a brilliant piece of foresight by the FA to keep one of the best, most single-minded, successful coaches in world football.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

In fact, Rome had greater manpower; through the innovation of the corvus, or boarding bridge, Rome leveled Carthage’s advantage at sea, and appears to have been more single-minded and ruthless.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Every decision she has made since getting the job seems the result of a single-minded desire to please her new bosses.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026

His job became a single-minded crusade against the Household Finance Corporation.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis