perceive
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Studies have found that visualization — being prompted to consider vivid and emotionally meaningful images — can clarify how we perceive risk and prepare for it.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Yet he confronts the nuanced situation in Europe in facile terms, seemingly unable to perceive shades of gray.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
While others with hearing disorders can perceive certain low-frequency vibrations as sound, for Pride almost everything is completely inaudible without powerful hearing aids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Or perhaps more fittingly, fashion slowed down, allowing the public to perceive it with a more erudite critical eye than previously possible.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Over the years, a series of “audit studies” have tried to measure how people perceive different names.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard even said this week that the 23-year-old could benefit from being taken out of the team altogether, to overcome what the club's former captain perceives as a lack of confidence.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
An additional vulnerability Panigirtzoglou perceives is the assets under management of leveraged memory ETFs, relative to the market capitalization of the underlying stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Both Cruise and Pitt have a death grip on their A-List prestige, hyper-aware of how much the world perceives and enjoys their work.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Being among the bodies in motion, a boutique is perhaps the last place your mind perceives you to be, but the clothes remain the quiet constant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Another aspect of the auditory cortex’s function is how it groups or perceives musical information.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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I’m going to respond the same way to harassment and perceived injustice as I would any other space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Domestic concerns, including perceived fiscal risks in Japan and policy uncertainty in Indonesia, have added pressure in some markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Giniger said she felt a "responsibility" to influence through her vote how "Jews and Israelis are perceived in the world today" at a time of rising antisemitism.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
They become expensive when borrowers are perceived to be at increased risk of defaulting.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Then Wang Lung perceived suddenly out of his astonishment that all these men seized were as ignorant as he as to why they were thus being taken, willy nilly, whether they would or not.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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"Since dietary decisions are strongly influenced by reward assessment and physical state, targeted breath regulation could also play a role in consciously perceiving and more effectively managing eating behavior," Park summarizes for future research activities.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
In under half a minute, the state’s theory asserts, Byrd and Roberts went from perceiving a genuine threat and returning fire to pursuing someone who no longer posed a danger.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Raging against the second half of your life, raging against how the world’s perceiving you, and how the world looks at you at a certain age.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The consultation is looking into how this would be determined, and is considering factors such as people living together, sharing finances and others perceiving them as a couple.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Then perceiving that the valour of the City was already beaten down, the hidden Captain put forth his strength.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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