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obsession

[uhb-sesh-uhn] / əbˈsɛʃ ən /


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Ethicist Carissa Véliz warns that our societal obsession with predictions is ruining democracy.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

“The obsession with this very narrow corner of the market, this $2 trillion slice of levered lending, is, frankly, a failure of imagination,” Rowan sad.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Monitoring and improving credit scores has become something of a national obsession.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The episodes will focus on the interview subject’s compulsion to create, an obsession for Mason who grew up with a stepfather who was a portrait artist.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

But no matter how shabbily he is treated, Goriot goes on, living out the obsession of his life.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers




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