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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Mamdani, like the Democratic candidates for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, campaigned single-mindedly on affordability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
The pandemic was an era when the world was single-mindedly focused on Covid and the rollout of vaccines was monitored intensely.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
He is single-mindedly focused on what they need to do to earn the World Heavyweight Championship title.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2023
Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, warned that more pain was to come as the central bank focuses single-mindedly on fighting inflation.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
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
