perspective
Example Sentences
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To put that in to perspective, dying of a shark attack in a lifetime has odds of one in 4.3 million, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History, home to the shark attack register.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
“I think just growing up and taking more risks and being more open and having more perspective is where the biggest change has come.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Depending on your perspective, Alphabet is either a steady search-engine business or a so-called hyperscaler that is leading the AI boom.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The concerns that a quote-unquote “good” guy might have while dating — or, in Bear’s case, trying to date — in the modern age would be infinitely more compelling from the woman’s perspective.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
Before perspective drawing, if you wanted to design a piece of machinery, you had to make it, or make a model of it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing perspective
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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