fixation
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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
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
But it didn’t stop in me, the Jeremy fixation.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
I’ve yet to swoon for a Jane Schoenbrun film, but only because their fixations like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” fandom are so hyperspecific that they miss me by millimeters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
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
Despite leaning heavily on his regularly repeated catchphrases and fixations, Trump struggled to generate his usual manic energy.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 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
Vocabulary lists containing fixation
Psychology
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 2
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