fixation
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Given his fixation with the stock market, he may now turn his attention elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
"I wanted the repetition to mirror those cyclical thoughts - a spiral or a fixation on one specific feeling," she says.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
The book trend cover suggests collective angst about adulthood, highlighted by a cultural fixation on “girlhood” that sparked a spate of online think pieces in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
The sea-sourced shining star doesn’t just look good, it has become a fixation.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
Gey was annoyed by the widespread fixation on HeLa.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Vocabulary lists containing fixation
Psychology
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 2
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