perceiving

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Finding their conversations therapeutic—and perceiving a dearth of literature on mistakes—they have written “From Mistakes to Meaning.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

"Pain is an extremely efficient means for perceiving damage to the body and to indicate the associated threat to its continued life. This often triggers a survival response, such as fleeing or freezing."

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

"You think - is this is how people are perceiving us? When they say nasty things about him or call me a gold-digger, it irritates me."

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

While there’s no guarantee that the numbers they estimate end up being right, it can still be helpful to understand how banks are perceiving the health of current borrowers.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

The king and all his company sat silent on their horses, marvelling, perceiving that the power of Saruman was overthrown; but how they could not guess.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien