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- adverb In a
single-minded manner.
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- adverb in a single-minded manner
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Examples
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In the Modern Period, from the 19th century onward, the literary Hebrew tradition as pronounced in Jerusalem revived as the spoken language of modern Israel, called variously Israeli Hebrew, Modern Israeli Hebrew, Modern Hebrew, New Hebrew, Israeli Standa Jeez, one bawdy new single-mindedly was under that tedious bestselling.
Planet-x.com.au » AudioBook AudioBooks australia sale Books AudioBooks Newcastle Melbourne 2010
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When given the Gaza strip, those who seized control, instead of seeking out foreign investment to assist with infrastructure projects and the betterment of their economy, have been single-mindedly focused on the unacceptability of living next to a country governed by non-Muslims.
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On familiar terms with Alberto Giacometti and Balthus, and, to some degree, Picasso, one senses that the young Freud was marked for life by seeing how single-mindedly, and self-critically, these already famous artists pushed forward their art.
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While Gaidar and his lieutenants could, if they chose, focus single-mindedly on economic reform, Yeltsin had to worry also about order.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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The First Amendment does not require that a regulatory regime single-mindedly pursue one objective to the exclusion of all others to survive the intermediate scrutiny applied to commercial speech regulations.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The First Amendment and Advertisements of Legal Prostitution 2010
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If you still can't see it, WND provides an illustrator's rendering see below, which turns the A into a pretty determined-looking fellow--to my eye, he looks something like a jolly spermatoza, swimming single-mindedly towards his goal.
Arthur Goldwag: Smiley Face Birtherism Arthur Goldwag 2011
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But crucial as it was to focus single-mindedly on the grim task at hand -- keeping my fingers intact amid the drilling, hammering and sawing or was the sawing in wood shop?
Michael Sigman: 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' at 50: A Song for the Ages Michael Sigman 2011
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Part of it was the other opportunities I was going to miss if I stayed single-mindedly focused on the novel redraft: the next Leviathan anthology (which has since gotten pushed back), the next Clockwork Phoenix anthology, and a nifty speculative poetry contest which my brain absolutely insisted I write something for.
Poetry kirizal 2009
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If you still can't see it, WND provides an illustrator's rendering see below, which turns the A into a pretty determined-looking fellow--to my eye, he looks something like a jolly spermatoza, swimming single-mindedly towards his goal.
Arthur Goldwag: Smiley Face Birtherism Arthur Goldwag 2011
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While Gaidar and his lieutenants could, if they chose, focus single-mindedly on economic reform, Yeltsin had to worry also about order.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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