fixation
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One man’s fixation is another man’s repulsive, venomous puff adder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The project sums up the fixation of both Mexican Institute of Sound and Meridian Brothers with analogue archaeology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
This knowledge supplies his screenplay with a sturdy base on which he crafts his story of parasocial fixation and all its consequences.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The German's apparent fixation with a strategy of picking versatile defenders who can play on both flanks, along with central defenders who can fill in at full-back, has placed England in a tricky situation.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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
Only 3 5 percent of total fixations fell on the letters.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing fixation
Psychology
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 2
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