The business world—Silicon Valley in particular—is fixated on solving problems.
The business advice Socrates would give if he wrote a management book today|jakemeth|August 25, 2020|Fortune
Critics are fixated on whether to replace the old, grain bin-looking sports arena.
Nobody’s Talking About the Sports Arena Flood Zone|MacKenzie Elmer|August 19, 2020|Voice of San Diego
During a prolonged period of uncertainty and heaviness, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone offers both a welcome respite and a poignant reminder to focus on the present rather than fixating on the future.
Everything Our Editors Loved in June|The Editors|July 8, 2020|Outside Online
When teens slept better, they were less likely to fixate on negative events the next day, the data show.
Sleep helps teens cope with discrimination|Alison Pearce Stevens|April 20, 2020|Science News For Students
You can fixate your brain on "Potent Potables" for five progressively harder questions, then on "Kings of England" for five more.
How I Taught Arthur Chu to Be the ‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Everyone Loves to Hate|Keith Williams|February 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps it takes a motivation of that kind for a man to fixate on something the way Scannon does.
Will These Men Ever Come Home? The Search for Missing WWII Pilots in “Vanished”|Jordan Michael Smith|November 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I kept hoping that if I ignored him, he would get bored and fixate on someone else, like his fiancée.
Busting a Cyberstalker: How Carla Franklin Fought Back—and Triumphed|Abigail Pesta|October 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
As we know, Democrats and Republicans fixate on different polls.
Math Is More Fun If You Only Count What You Like|Michael Tomasky|September 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In slower news cycles, we fixate on the playoffs or Oscar nominees.
William and Kate's Royal Wedding: Enough Already!|John Avlon|April 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Existences that are especially set aside to fixate and convey meanings are signs or symbols.
How We Think|John Dewey
From here we see the perspective to the fantastic dreams which the camera can fixate.
The Photoplay|Hugo Mnsterberg
These apparently are accounted for by involuntary eye-movements which take place regardless of the effort made to fixate vision.
Visual Illusions|Matthew Luckiesh
The more we fixate it, the more its clearness and distinctness increase.
The Photoplay|Hugo Mnsterberg
British Dictionary definitions for fixate
fixate
/ (ˈfɪkseɪt) /
verb
to become or cause to become fixed
to direct the eye or eyes at a point in space so that the image of the point falls on the centre (fovea) of the eye or eyes
psycholto engage in fixation
(tr; usually passive)informalto obsess or preoccupy