slavish
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Self-proclaimed experts usually attract trouble through hubris, though I’ve seen bank traders and hedge fund managers annihilate themselves with slavish beliefs in trading ranges.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
Kay wants to punish Michael for his treatment of her, for his casual cruelty, for his slavish devotion to a monstrous profession.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
While I like the moves a lot, I don’t have a slavish devotion to them.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024
The police department’s slavish interpretation of the law may be due to a report, issued a month before Mobarak’s death, faulting them for routinely violating young people’s rights.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024
It became de rigueur among architecture critics and historians to argue that Burnham in his insecurity and slavish devotion to the classical yearnings of the eastern architects had indeed killed American architecture.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing slavish
The Merchant of Venice
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"Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Gregor the Overlander
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