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
Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s divorce came with whispers of Kabbalah obsession and an A-Rod affair.
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Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025
My parents saw my growing obsession with comic books as the reason for my poor grades and lack of focus in class.
—James Sturm, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Andrews takes the character’s lifelong obsession with Ranevskaya to an explicit place — too explicit — but doesn’t give Varya’s story equal weight or interest.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Herb arrives first and is far more dubious about Charles and his obsession with him.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025
My parents saw my growing obsession with comic books as the reason for my poor grades and lack of focus in class.
—James Sturm, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Andrews takes the character’s lifelong obsession with Ranevskaya to an explicit place — too explicit — but doesn’t give Varya’s story equal weight or interest.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Herb arrives first and is far more dubious about Charles and his obsession with him.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsession
Noun
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The problem instead is that the gap between research and classroom practice remains as wide as ever.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Migration is a continuing problem in France with an influx of 317, 000 immigrants from outside the EU in 2022, up from 222,000 in 2013.—
Simon Constable,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There’s no doubt that the public has a fascination with serial killers.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
4 Apr. 2025
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Lowell was something of a point of fascination in its heyday.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Apr. 2025
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Their libidinous preoccupations, like those of the protagonists of Superbad, Booksmart and more recently Bottoms, are familiar.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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If consumer inflation is your preoccupation, this helps.—
Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
17 Mar. 2025
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Performing across two consecutive weekends, people in their finest festival wear gather to dance in the open field, hold their barricade spot secure for the night’s headliner and possibly discover their next musical fixation.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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Most-clicked in the newsletter yesterday: Hugh Kellenberger’s excellent column on Viktor Hovland and his fixation on perfectionism.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ranging in age from toddlers to teens, these girls speak with a moral clarity that cuts through any defense of this country’s carceral fetish.—
Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2025
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From there, James follows Helen into a subculture where others share their extreme fetish for car crashes.—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2025
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This highlights one of the problems of the current sanction and tariff mania in Washington.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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But that, and this current pickleball mania, pales in comparison to bowling’s boom.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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Kristen Kish Kristen Kish, the show's host and Season 10 winner, radiates the same enthusiasm for Canada as her fellow judge, Simmons, having built her own connection to Toronto through family visits over the years.—
Kimberly Lyn,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Apr. 2025
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Regretfully many gardeners were not successful with their plantings and the enthusiasm for azaleas has dwindled.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Obsession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsession. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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