as in obsession
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Noun
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Being a theater kid, truly great technical singers are still an obsession for me, and Paula Cole is one of the greatest technical singers in history, and that’s not an overstatement.—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
30 Jan. 2025 -
Now, watch a ballerina's entire routine: Shop all of our latest obsessions in one place!—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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These include gestational diabetes, hypertension and chromosomal abnormalities like Down syndrome.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Significant damage has not yet been reported, and there have been no abnormalities in the radiation levels or operations in regional nuclear power plants, officials said.—
Anthony Trotter,
ABC News,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Arachnophobia, the clinical term for a , is one of the world's most common phobias.—
Jack Beresford,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Sad to say, each of these phobias have been exploited by corporate and government interests to cut down forests in a cynical ploy to tame wild nature.—
Josh Schlossberg,
The Denver Post,
22 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Patients with vascular dementia had the highest risk of contracting COVID-19 — with odds more than three times higher — followed by patients with presenile dementia, senile dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and post-traumatic dementia.—
Julie Washington,
cleveland,
3 Mar. 2021
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Many suffered from senile dementia or other debilitating conditions, and the intent was to protect them from injury in accidental falls.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
24 Sep. 2020
Noun
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She was born in Louisville, Ky., the daughter of a man with schizophrenia who, in 1983, decapitated a 76-year-old woman.—
Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Aaron Esposito Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Six months later, the FDA approved the first new drug for schizophrenia in 30 years, Cobenfy.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In looking back at the history of Emtech, the colt who suffered a catastrophic breakdown in Saturday’s eighth race, it was discovered that he was once placed on the Veterinarian’s List because of unsoundness.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Sep. 2019
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Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes near the Oroville Dam, because of the threat of imminent flooding due to structural unsoundness.—
Mercury News Readers,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2017
Noun
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In a moment of delusion, Simon cooks up a scheme to get Wei-Tung married and secure their friend Wei-Wei a green card.—
Sadie Collins,
Them,
24 Jan. 2025
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Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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