single-minded
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Johnson, who sold his company Braintree to PayPal in 2013 for $800 million, has spent the last five years on a single-minded quest to reverse his biological age to 18.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
A former star student and long-distance runner from a prominent family in Amarillo, Texas, Griffin goes into her first session with a competitor’s single-minded determination to, as she writes, “get to the finish line.”
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
"I think Ant has done that well and he's single-minded enough to blank out a lot of the noise. It's one of his strengths."
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Mr. Mauch’s prose is not flowery, but direct, single-minded and determined, like the man himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
He was single-minded, cutting through the air before him.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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