as in resolute
fully committed to achieving a goal
every successful reform movement has been spearheaded by a single-minded activist who refused to accept defeat
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Recent Examples of single-minded
The more the movie goes on, the more Alma seems a monster of single-minded drive.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
These scenes are some of the strongest, as Pellerin impressively modulates Matthew’s turn from endearingly cringey to terrifyingly single-minded.
—Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
Fifty years later, Nye and Keohane, longtime colleagues and friends, reunited for a final time in Foreign Affairs’ pages, to argue that President Donald Trump’s single-minded fixation on hard power risks weakening the real sources of U.S. strength.
—Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025
Kevin Vance has been single-minded in his two weeks as San Diego State’s baseball coach.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
These scenes are some of the strongest, as Pellerin impressively modulates Matthew’s turn from endearingly cringey to terrifyingly single-minded.
—Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
Fifty years later, Nye and Keohane, longtime colleagues and friends, reunited for a final time in Foreign Affairs’ pages, to argue that President Donald Trump’s single-minded fixation on hard power risks weakening the real sources of U.S. strength.
—Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025
Kevin Vance has been single-minded in his two weeks as San Diego State’s baseball coach.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for single-minded
Adjective
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Cody Balmer stood outside an iron fence surrounding the resolute brick mansion, waiting and watching the home where his target slept.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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His fitness record and resolute performances playing a big role in helping Everton survive during a turbulent chapter in the club’s modern history.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Broncos seemed determined to splatter Ragu on Mona Lisa.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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Bernadette Fox, a brilliant but agoraphobic architect, mysteriously disappears, sending her 15-year-old daughter, Bee, on a determined search.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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The group faces their biggest threat yet in the form of the Saja Boys, a rival boy band comprised of demons intent on stealing HUNTR/X's fanbase and feasting on their souls.—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Oct. 2025
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Some of the safety rails are being gamed by users intent on finding workarounds.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Single-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single-minded. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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