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Adjective
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Until the cycle is broken, the monomaniacal goal of Bills Mafia will be to outlast the Chiefs in the postseason.—
Jacob Camenker,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025 -
Reaching the moon 56 years ago meant a monomaniacal focus on that one goal, not the split attention—and split budgets—of maintaining a permanent presence in low-Earth orbit while simultaneously trying to reach another world.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Isaia Huron’s Concubiana is truly a masterpiece, and I haven’t been so obsessed with a project from start to finish since Steve Lacy’s Gemini Rights.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 2025
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The film, about a novelist who is kidnapped by an obsessed fan, stars James Caan and Kathy Bates, who won an Academy Award for her performance.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Celie becomes increasingly fixated on the idea of having her own murderous affair, until nothing can stop her from pursuing her deadliest fantasies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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How to commemorate a religious sect that was unique, tolerant, forward-thinking, unjustly antagonized—but also short-lived, cultish, poorly documented, and fixated on fire and brimstone?—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Marissa’s frantic initial attempts to find him and figure out what happened create a suspenseful, frightening opening.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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As the family's frantic search begins, the media is quick to point the finger at Marissa and her friend, Jenny Kaminski (Fanning), whose nanny, Carrie Finch (Sophia Lillis), becomes the prime suspect.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Monomaniac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monomaniac. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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