perceive
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In recent years, streaming’s popularity has significantly impacted the genre and how audiences perceive it.
From Salon β Oct. 28, 2026
A group of JetBlue’s senior creditors hired a financial adviser and law firm, steps typically taken when creditors perceive a repayment risk.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 26, 2026
Scientists believe this ongoing process plays a central role in how people perceive their surroundings, make decisions, behave, and regulate emotions.
From Science Daily β Oct. 19, 2026
Studies have found that visualization — being prompted to consider vivid and emotionally meaningful images — can clarify how we perceive risk and prepare for it.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 13, 2026
He sat upon the ground next to me, and demanded, “Know you my assertion that there is no matter, that all is a void, could we but perceive it?”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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An additional vulnerability Panigirtzoglou perceives is the assets under management of leveraged memory ETFs, relative to the market capitalization of the underlying stocks.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 15, 2026
Both Cruise and Pitt have a death grip on their A-List prestige, hyper-aware of how much the world perceives and enjoys their work.
From Salon β Oct. 9, 2026
But, crucially, you hear in his answer a sense of why he perceives that - that is what it feels like.
From BBC β Sep. 3, 2026
He perceives growing demand for small language models, too.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 3, 2026
I know how a fly perceives the world, I’ve seen many flies’ eyes, through microscopes.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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While she is believed to be the underdog, according to Polymarket data, her perceived chances of success have been improving — even as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has remained the front-runner.
From MarketWatch β Nov. 3, 2026
Although his association with “Star Trek” and Picard came to define how people perceived him, Stewart’s merry attitude about his claim to fame let us appreciate his range.
From Salon β Oct. 30, 2026
This can last for years, even decades, and despite hopeful moments of decency and respite from perceived indifference, bad actors will show you who they are time and again, if you let them.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 30, 2026
This was perceived as a dig against Eduardo, mockingly nicknamed "little banana."
From Barron's β Oct. 28, 2026
Yet by a sense other than sight Pippin perceived that Gandalf had the greater power and the deeper wisdom, and a majesty that was veiled.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Platt, perceiving that Lyons undermined his authority, tried to fire Lyons.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 19, 2026
That’s not quite how others are perceiving this “symbol.”
From Slate β Sep. 9, 2026
"Since dietary decisions are strongly influenced by reward assessment and physical state, targeted breath regulation could also play a role in consciously perceiving and more effectively managing eating behavior," Park summarizes for future research activities.
From Science Daily β Sep. 4, 2026
No damning life event preceded my change in style, though I’d recently stopped dating and found some strange joy in perceiving bangs as another barrier-to-entry to anyone who tried.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 13, 2026
“But surely,” said she, “I may enter his county with impunity, and rob it of a few petrified spars without his perceiving me.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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