Adjective
Intensely focused and concentrated on purpose, thinking of only one goal, undistractable.
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They consider it an earnest of the epoch to come that it fell to the lot of Abraham Lincoln, the single-minded son of the working class, to lead his country through the matchless struggle for the rescue of an enchained race and the reconstruction of a social world.
Ruthless and single-minded, the Roekaar's propaganda describes their intent to drive all alien invaders, both Milky Way and kett, out of the Heleus Cluster.
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Southgate's single-minded approach means he will not worry about outside noise if he is convinced this is the right way to go. The proof, as ever, will come with results before and during the summer's delayed Euro 2020 showpiece.
Honest, sincere, straightforward.
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Adjective
determined
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she was firmly resolved to be a doctor
single-minded in his determination to stop smoking