single-minded
Example Sentences
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What it needs is a single-minded focus on preparing kids for kindergarten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
It’s a one-track, single-minded way of thinking, eerily reminiscent of, oh, I don’t know, a hungry coyote blindly pursuing a roadrunner.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Although many prodigies are single-minded about their craft, Miles excelled in two sports in high school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Creator Vince Gilligan’s Emmy-nominated postapocalyptic sci-fi series “Pluribus” focuses on a dozen or so people who somehow held onto their autonomy and did not join the rest of humanity as a collective, single-minded pod.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
He was single-minded, cutting through the air before him.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
