as in to attract
to hold one's attention to an extreme degree
The TV show obsessed me so much that I was up all night watching.
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Recent Examples of obsess
Nemesis stars Y’Lan Noel as a master thief and Matthew Law as an LAPD detective obsessed with bringing him to justice.
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Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
30 June 2026
For the past two weeks, my nine-year-old daughter and her friends have been obsessing over Panini’s World Cup sticker books.
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Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
My fellow fashion writers and I at Travel + Leisure have been obsessed with satin shorts this summer.
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Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
30 June 2026
The trio enjoyed in-jokes, road trips in fast cars (Picabia was obsessed with automobiles), and artistic experiments.
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Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2026
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Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
30 June 2026
For the past two weeks, my nine-year-old daughter and her friends have been obsessing over Panini’s World Cup sticker books.
—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
My fellow fashion writers and I at Travel + Leisure have been obsessed with satin shorts this summer.
—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
30 June 2026
The trio enjoyed in-jokes, road trips in fast cars (Picabia was obsessed with automobiles), and artistic experiments.
—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsess
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Soon, Catholic missions and Spanish rancheros sprouted, first attracting local Native peoples and later, enslaving them.
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That playbook still works for some businesses, particularly those operating in sectors that continue to attract significant venture interest or those pursuing opportunities that require substantial upfront investment.
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These are novels about bohemian communities of friends and lovers and artistic collaborators, which is a big part of what interests me about AIDS activism.
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What interests me more is what has changed, which is the very substance of capital.
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The Vesuvius disaster and its immense human toll continue to fascinate historians and the public millennia later.
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Denby, as a critic, was fascinated by the great dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, as much for his expressions as for his torso, arms, or legs.
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That journey validated why Coward became intrigued with joining an independent sports agency.
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But Kaplan also was intrigued by other labs’ findings that mast cells could fend off a common type of skin bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus.
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“Obsess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsess. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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