perception

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With just a handful of words, Emma has altered everyone’s perception of her, including her fiancé’s.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Add an energy shock to their list of grievances, however, and we will finally see a convergence between perception and reality.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Roberts admits that the “magic number” of $1.46 million is more of a hunch or perception of what people think they’ll need, rather than an official financial calculation.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

As I wander past a "free play" section with a huge bank of computers, my perception shifts and I realise just how big a deal this all is.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Alvarez seconded Nahmias’s perception that the cyclotron was used “as a radioactivity factory first of all because great numbers of new radioisotopes could be discovered that way with very little effort.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik