obsessiveness

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His obsessiveness quickly filtered through every part of the program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

According to his former associate, Sacks pursues his objectives with an obsessiveness that serves him well in Silicon Valley's company-building culture.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

D’Agata’s position is hardly defensible on literary grounds, but the obsessiveness of Fingal can make it seem that no piece of information can withstand his relentless scrutiny.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023

His forcefulness in his right hand sometimes tipped into rawness — which, in passages of worried repetition, added an intriguing note of obsessiveness but otherwise felt too steely for such an intimate space.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2022

The same obsessiveness would surface in his later life, whether in his duties at the Royal Mint or in his many disputes with people such as Hooke and Gottfried Leibnitz, the other inventor of calculus.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin