adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
single-minded determination (= having one clear aim and working very hard to achieve it )
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Whatever task he undertook was tackled with single-minded determination.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
pursuit
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Doubled-breasted suits and the single-minded pursuit of power are not yet quite enough.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a single-minded pursuit of success
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During a war, a leader must be single-minded and, if necessary, ruthless.
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Her single-minded commitment to the job meant that she had little time left for her family.
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Many athletes withdraw from the world in their single-minded pursuit of their sport.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But these were not men who could afford such single-minded commitment.
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Doubled-breasted suits and the single-minded pursuit of power are not yet quite enough.
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I decided on the spot that I would just have to step out of my self-assigned role as single-minded student.
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Instead, it goaded John Major to an even more single-minded determination to push the Treaty through Parliament.
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She's a tough, single-minded lady who hasn't achieved her present position without treading on more than a few toes.
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The single-minded mission of commercial television today is to produce audiences for sale to advertisers of consumer goods and services.
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Women aren't encouraged to be as confident in themselves or as single-minded the way men are.
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Yet he had pursued her with a single-minded intent that was unnerving.