fixation
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The newly available genomic information could help researchers identify metabolic processes involved in efficient CO2 fixation and high water use efficiency.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Yet the fixation on AI leaderboards may be missing the point, according to MoffettNathanson analyst Michael Nathanson.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
That fixation with sleep is actually making people's sleep worse, they warn.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Public spats over fouls and a fixation on transgender policy have overshadowed the WNBA’s rising attendance and TV audiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
She’d never even imagined doing it herself, and for all of her sister’s fixation on kissing, she’d never imagined her doing it, either.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Donabedian says he’s always watching for Wall Street fixations that move to the back-burner.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
The author’s financial fixations permeate every page of the book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
A couple of months ago, she deleted her social media, so she has lost track of Jake’s latest political fixations.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2025
Justine’s opening section is the longest, and it showcases the film’s two key fixations: failure and people tip-toeing around peering through cracks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
Complaining about Kunu Yaku was just another of the Doctorita’s little fixations, I realized, like knitting Baby Jesus dresses and fretting about thieves and wor- rying about her boys catching germs.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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