as in problem
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
her latest obsession is a movie star who she thinks is very handsome
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Recent Examples of obsession
So begins a parable of obsession and loneliness related with such immediacy that even its relatively low stakes start to feel like life or death.
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Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
But the federal investigation was not satisfactory to many of King’s family members and associates, who knew of the FBI’s years-long investigation of the minister, and Director J. Edgar Hoover’s obsession with him as a potential communist influence.
—Andy Rose, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
And that became my obsession during the writing of the script.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
The teaser shows Joe (Penn Badgley) returning to New York City, walking through Mooney's Bookstore and reminiscing about his first obsession, Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail).
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
But the federal investigation was not satisfactory to many of King’s family members and associates, who knew of the FBI’s years-long investigation of the minister, and Director J. Edgar Hoover’s obsession with him as a potential communist influence.
—Andy Rose, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
And that became my obsession during the writing of the script.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
The teaser shows Joe (Penn Badgley) returning to New York City, walking through Mooney's Bookstore and reminiscing about his first obsession, Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail).
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsession
Noun
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For 47 games, the Lakers tried to solve the problems their roster presented, finding the best ways to cover up their flaws, accentuate their strengths and maximize their potential.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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Throwing money at the problem isn’t always the solution.—
Michael Cox,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
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Psychedelic in the Sky | Dir. Matthew Salton; 2024; USA; 11 min A filmmaker explores the nature of belief and his childhood fascinations in the context of a man’s personal UFO experience.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
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Although long out of fashion with most economists and blamed for trade wars and depressions, tariffs have retained a strong fascination for Trump.—
Ron Elving,
NPR,
1 Feb. 2025
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This preoccupation misses the elephant in the room: the disintegration or collapse of the Black family, the prime engine for inculcating behavioral norms indispensable to success.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2025
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But there’s nothing conscious on my part about ongoing preoccupations or consistencies or running themes or any of that.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2025
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For years, Danish and Greenlandic authorities have rebuffed Trump's proposals, and the president's continued fixation could create tensions between the United States and Denmark, a fellow NATO member.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Its power has been blown out of proportion precisely through the obsession, devotion, fixation through which it is regarded.—
Marlene Engelhorn,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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The deflection coach will be the game’s next fetish.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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Corbet has made a fetish of ambition — the actor-turned-director’s own attempt at grandiloquent filmmaking and the ambition of his protagonist Laszlo Toth (Adrien Brody), a refugee from Nazi oppression.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Jan. 2025
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The industry’s loudest and wealthiest leaders had demanded an end to the agency’s crackdowns, yet did not seem to anticipate that this could open the door to problems like meme coin mania — promoted by the president, no less.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025
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Time-wise, aim for November for leaf-peeping season but before winter holiday rates hit or early March before Sakura mania drives prices skyward.—
Paul Jebara,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Dec. 2024
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Rancho Santa Fe’s La Valle Coastal Club experienced one of its biggest increases in golf and racquet sports memberships last year as enthusiasm built around a complete club overhaul.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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From its stellar script to its exciting cast, his and Cybill’s enthusiasm for the book and their passion for filmmaking has and continues to define every part of this process.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Obsession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsession. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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