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perceptive

[per-sep-tiv] / pərˈsɛp tɪv /


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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

We put store in knowing what people look like: hence the value of perceptive portraits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Unburdened by the contemporary setting that sometimes trips up a filmmaker’s boldest ideas, Mona Fastvold’s “The Testament of Ann Lee” is perhaps the year’s most extraordinarily perceptive film.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2025

In a perceptive statement, Fed governor Stephen Miran stressed on Oct.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 11, 2025

So he couldn’t express that to Lyra now, though she could see it in his eyes, and that was new for her, too, to be quite so perceptive.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman




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