single-minded pursuit

collocation in English

meaningsofsingle-mindedandpursuit

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single-minded
adjective
uk
/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəlˈmaɪn.dɪd/us
/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəlˈmaɪn.dɪd/
very determined to ...
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pursuit
noun
uk
/pəˈsjuːt/us
/pɚˈsuːt/
an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are ...
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(Definition ofsingle-mindedandpursuitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It will also certainly involve redirecting thesingle-mindedpursuitof abstraction promoted by the academy.
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The brilliant scientist or the virtuoso violinist may find the most rewarding life to be one ofsingle-mindedpursuitof one goal.
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One is thesingle-mindedpursuitof the photorealistic image: photographs do not communicate buildings very well, and architects have rarely used hyper-realistic images to promote their schemes.
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Of course, it would stretch the concept of 'balance' to admit that someone whose life is insingle-mindedpursuitof a single goal counts as having it.
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Thatsingle-mindedpursuitof deregulation can only have an adverse effect on the overall quality of radio broadcasting.
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I therefore suggest with respect that perhaps we should pause to think again about oursingle-mindedpursuitof egalitarianism.
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That, in itself, was not a bad principle; but, by hissingle-mindedpursuitof that idea through a complex web of issues, he spread intellectual devastation around him.
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A small group of monopoly retailers, ever hungry for higher profit and in thesingle-mindedpursuitof increased market share, decided some time ago to launch an overall strategy.
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I agree that a property-owning democracy is a laudable objective, but thesingle-mindedpursuitof this objective should not override every other objective of housing policy.
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Thesingle-mindedpursuitof wealth had equally pernicious effects on the minds of the industrialists who oppressed them.
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At the same time, they carry receptors for lymphokines that allow them to be activated intosingle-mindedpursuitof microbes and tumour cells.
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Hissingle-mindedpursuitextends to ignoring other potential targets.
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In hissingle-mindedpursuitof knowledge he will often ignore any ethical considerations involved.
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