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besetting, compulsive, impulsive, obsessional, obsessive
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Self-driving cars may turn out to be a much safer technology than human-driven cars, as Heller argues. — Liaquat Ahamed, The New Yorker, "The Mail," 26 Aug. 2019 But the Mormon missionaries themselves are multidimensional human characters who are faithful, good-natured and driven to do their duty. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: ‘The Book of Mormon': Irreverent and profane, but still funny after all these years," 25 July 2019 Gretchen’s mother, Gladys, was a single parent and a highly driven career woman. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Caregiving means evolving relationships," 18 July 2019 Decades of tests by independent, non-litigation driven experts and institutions repeatedly confirm that Johnson’s Baby Powder does not contain asbestos or cause cancer. — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, "Jury Awards Woman with Terminal Cancer $12M in Lawsuit Against Johnson & Johnson and Colgate," 12 June 2019 Diversity in Music Award Recognizes individual artists or female-driven musical collaborations for their contribution to advancing a culturally diverse and inclusive music industry. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, "Australian Women in Music Awards 2019 Are Coming," 11 June 2019 Indeed, like everyone else at this weekend’s gala, McCaskey acknowledged the promising present of these Bears with a young and driven team that can realistically think about winning it all. — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, "'Like a happy dream that just keeps going on': Virginia McCaskey gets emotional at Bears100 Celebration," 9 June 2019 Companies have been pouring billions into the development of self-driving vehicles, which technologists believe can one day operate more safely, reliably and inexpensively than human-driven cars. — Greg Bensinger, WSJ, "Uber to Resume Self-Driving Car Tests in Pittsburgh After Hiatus," 20 Dec. 2018 Rather, President Obama’s war on coal was the extension of an equally aggressive climate-change-driven regulatory campaign at the state level. — Paul H. Tice, WSJ, "Trump’s Half-Measures Won’t Save the Coal Industry," 16 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'driven.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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