perceive
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If your co-workers would like to paint the reality which they presumably opted into as unfair, that is a reflection on how they perceive themselves, not you.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Their goal was to explore a long-standing mystery: how did the dodo perceive and interact with the world around it?
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
He declined to say how China or North Korea may perceive the mass exercise featuring more than 500 maritime events and 2,400 air missions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
And truthfully, there’s dignity in that curiosity, in wanting to know if greatness is all there is, or if there is something more that exists beyond what we can perceive.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
I just had to stay focused on my goal and ignore any haters—both real and imagined—that I might perceive.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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Tinnitus, often described as ringing in the ears, occurs when someone perceives a sound inside the ear or head even though no external source is producing it.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
That index, which the Fed perceives to be more representative, stood at 4.1% in May, far above the Fed’s 2% target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Now, though, he perceives bitcoin is “potentially on the verge of breaking out of this range to the upside and breaking the bear trend.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
"China perceives Spain as relatively friendly, less confrontational toward China than other countries and likely more independent from Washington. This allows for more autonomous decision-making," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
And at night, waking out of a dream, overwhelmed and bewitched by the crowding apparitions, a man perceives with alarm how slight is the support, how thin the boundary that divides him from the darkness.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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Additionally, “Ashmore’s shares have significantly re-rated in the past nine months, which to a large degree was owing to the perceived inflection in Emerging Markets flows seen across the industry,” they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Since the 2025-26 season ended, and United's summer transfer strategy started to be debated, it seemed obvious the club would move to address a perceived weakness in Michael Carrick's squad.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
They can suffer from lower perceived competence, burn out, and ultimately quit or flee to other sports to escape the older sibling’s shadow, which isn’t necessarily a negative course correction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
For now, the strategists say the “summer consensus” that dictates buying assets that are perceived as riskier, such as stocks, is still in place.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
No one in the audience perceived a link between the two subjects being discussed.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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That’s not quite how others are perceiving this “symbol.”
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 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 ● Aug. 13, 2026
The consultation is looking into how this would be determined, and is considering factors such as people living together, sharing finances and others perceiving them as a couple.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Consumers in the survey began perceiving stronger inflation ahead after the Iran war started, Hsu said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
“Good. It didn’t. Never fool yourself into perceiving things that don’t exist. It’s a fine line to walk, but sympathy is not an art for the weak willed.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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