perception
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She said a perception that Donaghy had been too close to the DUP "formed the basis" of Donaghy's decision to delete the email.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
But if the conversation about the ad continues throughout the golf season, it could jeopardize brand perception and partnerships in the sport.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
“You can change a place, you can change perception, you can change everything with one crazy success.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Contrary to public perception, a drought does not end with a few days of rain.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
In an old-fashioned panic, perception creates its own reality: Someone shouts “Fire!” in a crowded theater and the audience crushes each other to death in its rush for the exits.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
James MacLeod, concierge at the Glencoe House Hotel, in the Scottish Highlands, is talking about how he has noticed a big shift in visitors' perceptions.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Because of a long history of such characterizations and perceptions, mountain people have often been forced to locate the beauty within themselves and their culture.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
In this view, traveling waves may help explain how the brain transforms a constant flood of complicated sensory signals into coherent perceptions, predictions, behaviors, and experiences.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
A reading below 50 means builder perceptions of current sales and sales expectations are net negative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
In the safe harbor of each other’s company they could afford to abandon the ways of other people and concentrate on their own perceptions of things.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing perception
Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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"Animal Wisdom" and "The Last Wolf," Vocabulary from the poems
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