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Recent Examples of obsessive-compulsive
For instance, exposure therapy tends to be the go-to for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Jenna Ryu, SELF, 14 Mar. 2025
Luke Combs is sharing his struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoping to inspire others with the same condition.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2025
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a disorder where people have uncontrollable and recurring thoughts or repetitive behaviors, or both.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2025
Also, things like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or social anxiety can make a person do things like this.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
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Jenna Ryu, SELF, 14 Mar. 2025
Luke Combs is sharing his struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoping to inspire others with the same condition.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2025
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a disorder where people have uncontrollable and recurring thoughts or repetitive behaviors, or both.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2025
Also, things like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or social anxiety can make a person do things like this.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for obsessive-compulsive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsessive-compulsive
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Zombieland makes its post-apocalyptic setting, where the undead lurk around every corner, look like a pretty fun hang, following Jesse Eisenberg's neurotic Columbus and his traveling companions (Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin) as they road-trip across the country seeking refuge.—
James Grebey,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Small dogs were also found to be the most neurotic breeds while the extremely large dogs were exceedingly stable.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Hostile or disapproving questions about a silly meme, however, would raise the bar for paranoid border defense to an absurd new level.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2025
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TikTok is full of viral paranoid suggestions for ways to test your relationship and ludicrous theories about the One Way to know if any relationship will work.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.—
Rhoda Feng,
Washington Post,
14 Apr. 2024
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The entire movie, of course, was a goof, a schizoid cardboard Vaudeville horror burlesque shot in two days and a night by Roger Corman.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2024
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Blake is a sociopathic control freak who walks around as if Hans Landa ruled the college dorms.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 June 2025
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But Evans brings a sort of sociopathic charm to this spy thriller, reteaming with his Avengers directors Joe and Anthony Russo.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
13 June 2025
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The cells have an ugly, disordered appearance under a microscope.—
Adam B. Kushner,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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In more severe cases, this ongoing pattern may erode a parent’s relationship with food, leading to emotional or disordered eating that feels increasingly difficult to name, let alone break.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Parents,
20 May 2025
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The Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions once again after beating the Edmonton Oilers, 5-1, on home ice in Sunrise on Tuesday night before a delirious crowd of red-and-white clad fans.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
18 June 2025
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The whole exchange provides a sad illustration of this delirious and desperate time.—
Benjamin Mazer,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2025
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With this book, Willy’s style began venturing into aberrant linguistic territory.—
Benjamin Hale
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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To rescue Hubble, experts worked for months to build new optics to intercept the light bouncing off the telescope's main mirror and correct its aberrant shape.—
Sidd Bikkannavar,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Feb. 2010
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Two of them—Bertha Russell on The Gilded Age and Gloria Burgle on Fargo—have earned her Emmy nominations, and that number seems likely to grow thanks to her delicious performance as Laurie, an uptight workaholic in the midst of a midlife crisis in The White Lotus season three.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
23 June 2025
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In addition to all of the actors named above, Sherry Cola pops up as Sam’s work pal, Nadine, and Anna Chlumsky as Betsy’s uptight, passive-aggressive future sister-in-law, Virginia.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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“Obsessive-compulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsessive-compulsive. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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