as in problem
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
her latest obsession is a movie star who she thinks is very handsome
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Recent Examples of obsession
What made tech billionaires so appealing to him as a subject matter is their obsession with scale.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
My cat is the 'star' of the show, technically, due to his obsession with the dogs.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 25 May 2025
The trend is similar to previous summertime obsessions with tomatoes and strawberries.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Others block entire afternoons for their obsession.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for obsession
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
My cat is the 'star' of the show, technically, due to his obsession with the dogs.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 25 May 2025
The trend is similar to previous summertime obsessions with tomatoes and strawberries.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Others block entire afternoons for their obsession.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for obsession
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsession
Noun
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But that doesn't mean that Georgia's problems are over.—
Samantha Highfill,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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But Florida so far has failed to take a comprehensive approach to the problem.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2025
Noun
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This experimental approach is characteristic of Ulvaeus’s career-long fascination with technological innovation.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 June 2025
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At a time when Cold War tensions heightened curiosity and suspicion about all things Soviet, American consumers flocked to the new vodka as an edgy, exotic choice—drinking vodka became simultaneously an act of defiance and fascination.—
Time,
Time,
4 June 2025
Noun
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People generally have higher trust in information sources close to home and greater skepticism about institutions such as the government in Washington and the national media that are far removed from their day-to-day preoccupations.—
Karlyn Bowman,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Apart from preferred temperature, pros are quick to note that preoccupations with visual perception turn into questions about service.—
Jessi Roti,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Silicon Valley’s visionaries are, in this view, not all cold rationalists; many of them are dreamers and believers whose fixations constitute, in Becker’s view, a spiritual narrative as much as a scientific one—a new theology of technology.—
John Kaag,
The Atlantic,
28 May 2025
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Reductions in pupil responsiveness to light, accuracy and speed of rapid fixation eye movements, and the ability to verbally read aloud a series of numbers appear to be reasonably reliable markers for Alzheimer’s disease, Singman notes.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Flow Space,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Along the way, the orchid became the subject of scientific speculation (including by Charles Darwin), a fetish in the Victorian era’s burgeoning consumer culture, and an example of the excesses of imperialist extraction.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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That reputation foreshadows the series’ fetish for both-sidesism and centrist consensus, at one point explicitly equating the right’s embrace of blatant untruths with the left’s enthusiasm for pronouns.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The discovery of a Brazilian orchid with huge red-and-purple flowers in the early nineteenth century set off a mania for the exotic plants in Victorian England.—
Jenny Uglow,
The New York Review of Books,
22 May 2025
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Kissam was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which can cause periods of mania and depression.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
21 May 2025
Noun
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The club is led by driver and CEO Tom Slingsby, the Australian 2012 Olympic gold medalist, who shared his enthusiasm for adding Jackman and Reynolds to the crew.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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This contrasts with an apparent upcoming boom in Europe, although this is based on government coercion rather than enthusiasm for EVs.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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“Obsession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsession. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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