single-minded
adjective
having or showing a single aim or purpose.
single-mindedly
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a word derived from
single-minded.
Example Sentences
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Three months later, after having single-mindedly “stalked Dudamel,” as she called it, Borda left a sick bed to hop on a plane to Lucerne, Switzerland, contract in hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
A number of Americans carried the ball from there, perhaps none more single-mindedly than Richard Thaler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
He is single-mindedly focused on what they need to do to earn the World Heavyweight Championship title.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2023
Both feature stories in which a strong argument is developed single-mindedly through specific conflicts that point toward a crisis.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Those East Village bubbes were single-mindedly determined to see to it that she and Molly would at last find their basherts, their soulmates, and be happily wed.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
