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perceptive

[per-sep-tiv] / pərˈsɛp tɪv /


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Faist does a lot with the taciturn, perceptive Charles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

But while Amanda's game plan slipped under the radar, the traitors have shared their suspicions that Fiona may be the secret traitor and "pretending to be a bit less perceptive than she actually is".

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026

“The Bloody Crossroads,” published in 1987, isn’t the kind of book you expect a journalist to write: a collection of perceptive, thoroughgoing literary essays on important writers from Henry Adams to Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

Taylor is one of the most emotionally perceptive fiction writers working today, and his third novel, set in the New York art world, is his best.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025

He’s the most perceptive person in the family.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass




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