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perceive

[per-seev] / pərˈsiv /




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“We perceive these two as investing more heavily and consistently in the U.S. beverage market to drive revenue growth, while PepsiCo often describes cost-cutting and margin expansion as significant priorities,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

That behavioral change provided evidence that cats can perceive differences among individual BFA compositions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

People pay a premium for iPhones because they perceive value in the tight coupling of hardware, software and apps inside Apple’s ecosystem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

She began to perceive that her son was dying, and she became frantic.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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

He believed that the exterior world could be transferred to paper—not in the ghost shadings of black and white but in the colors the human eye perceives.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

There is also public anger at perceived police brutality during the student protests.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

They become expensive when borrowers are perceived to be at increased risk of defaulting.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

It can reduce soreness and improve perceived recovery after exercise.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

The limits “cannot be clearly explained by differences in real or perceived quality in the instruction of full-time or adjunct faculty,” wrote Woodward, the department’s third-ranking official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

At that moment Odysseus perceived Athena just beyond the door beckoning to him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

"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

No damning life event preceded my change in style, though I’d recently stopped dating and found some strange joy in perceiving bangs as another barrier-to-entry to anyone who tried.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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

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

“But surely,” said she, “I may enter his county with impunity, and rob it of a few petrified spars without his perceiving me.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen


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