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Recent Examples of single-mindedness
If that sounds exactly like the type of single-mindedness that youth coaches want in their players, De Mil was conscious of Lammens tipping the scales by doing too much.
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Mark Critchley, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Mark Critchley, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for single-mindedness
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No one tells the story of water in California’s heartland in more detail, or with more tenacity, than Lois Henry.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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But tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2026
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Throughout the twentieth century, Black art—without the vital power of the mainstream—was just a hobby that consumed too much time, energy, and perseverance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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But in a messy world, with all those unpredictable X factors, leaders would do better to foster ingenuity, grit, and perseverance.—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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Rye and apple brandy are fast friends—the apple brandy adding an autumnal echo to rye’s grainy persistence.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
24 Jan. 2026
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Passion and persistence powered the effort.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Wallace, by implication, was concerned with patience, steadfastness, and tranquillity precisely because these virtues often eluded him in life.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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The prize for this steadfastness is playing the next Super Bowl halftime show.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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The Red Sox could also try to move on from Masataka Yoshida, though his contract, injury history and positional inflexibility will hamper his trade value.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
16 Jan. 2026
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Roster inflexibility could further complicate matters.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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The Home Service Insurance segment experienced a decline in premiums, attributed to strategic actions to improve sales quality and persistency, as well as economic pressures such as inflation.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
13 Mar. 2025
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The tannins are well structured yet soft and the wine has great persistency in the finish.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
2 May 2023
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In a press statement, Blake says the album is a commentary on the relentlessness of modern life.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2026
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Not to mention that the elevators installed since 1990, beset by age, weather, vandalism, pee, and the general relentlessness of the New York City environment, seemed to break down as often as not.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
15 Dec. 2025
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These poems are plainspoken, emotionally direct, haunted by the past and the inexorability of time.—
Vince Passaro,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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But then there is that deadness that enters into the closing chapters, which might as easily be called inexorability.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Single-mindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single-mindedness. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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