monomaniac

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monomaniac
Adjective
  • 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
  • One man who became obsessed with Garfield after his 1880 speech was the eccentric Charles Guiteau (Matthew Macfadyen), and the series follows his attempts to get a job in the administration.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
  • If headlines are any indication, at no point in recent history has the American public been more obsessed with the toilets in their national parks.
    Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • National news remains fixated on controversies at elite campuses, skewing the public’s perception of the institutions that serve the majority of students.
    Yolanda Watson Spiva, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Wind himself isn’t fixated on headline-grabbers, though, as evidenced by his collection of pocket watches.
    The Editors, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Marissa’s frantic initial attempts to find him and figure out what happened create a suspenseful, frightening opening.
    Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2025
  • 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 15 Nov. 2025.

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