perceptions

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Polling data on how people around the world view America inevitably makes for dry reading, but still exposes startling differences between how Americans see themselves and external perceptions.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

In any case, the fact that, here, the “more advanced” farming women married into hunter-gatherer groups, contrary to many archaeologists’ expectations that hunter-gatherer women would “marry up”, suggests that perceptions need to change.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

The zoo said the aviary, the largest on site, had been designed to offer an "unparalleled" look at Ramasees and Belladonna, and change perceptions about these birds of prey.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

As consumers spend more of their income on higher-gas prices, perceptions of price increases in the near-term have picked up.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Ebright, trying to swing perceptions the other way, said less, but was more direct when he said anything.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown