fixate
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Instead of getting bogged down on the day-to-day of your job, and your growing disgust for it, fixate on your bigger purpose, said Nancy Ancowitz, a career strategist, and do something to nourish that.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
After shelling out for college and amassing years of experience, it is natural to fixate on jobs in your one field to justify those investments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
Halpern's earlier research identified a distinct pattern of electrical activity in the NAc that appears right before a person begins to fixate on food and feels the urge to binge.
From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025
I jump back and fixate my phone’s camera on the creature, but that only encourages them to step closer.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
The Weirdos could be counted on to chew bits of their own stringy hair and fixate, non-blinking, on a dirt spot on the carpeting while a fire blazed right behind them.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Vocabulary lists containing fixate
Pride
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