perceptive
Example Sentences
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They love deeply, and they are uncommonly perceptive.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Simers tended to probe and kid and seek to stir up things, but Anderson also recognized that he could be highly accurate, perceptive and even fun.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
Twelve months on, their visit brought more words of caution from Amorim about his side's evolution that proved equally perceptive.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
In a perceptive statement, Fed governor Stephen Miran stressed on Oct.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 11, 2025
She was too perceptive not to notice the crusty Band-Aids and my favoring the wound.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Vocabulary lists containing perceptive
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