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Perspective comes from a Latin root meaning what?

perspective

[per-spek-tiv] / pərˈspɛk tɪv /


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Still, I do hope this puts the cost of your dream car into perspective.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

He has said he intends to bring a pro-business perspective to City Hall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

When the companion is predicted to pass in front of or behind Betelgeuse from our perspective, the atmosphere appears rounder.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

“The perspective has changed from left versus right,” said Jim Begley, director of the William Brennan Institute for Labor Studies at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

But before Marco can react, Celia leaps to her feet from across the table, righting the glass without touching it, a detail only Chandresh has the proper perspective to notice.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Earlier this year, the company conducted a “retirement interview” with one of its deprecated AI models to learn about its musings, reflections and perspectives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

"I have had a lot of opportunity since that tweet to hear and consider other perspectives," Morey later wrote.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The holders of these outwardly contradictory perspectives are talking about two different things when they use the word “university.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

It’s that it’s much more difficult to parse through an algorithmic funnel of opinions and perspectives that can often appear half-formed or entirely outside their context.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

She couldn’t see them; all she could see was confusing, infolded perspectives of colonnade, staircase, terrace, and facade.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman


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