perception
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"I'm very concerned. I think there's perception and reality," says Beer.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
And Thatcher’s other film roles in 2023’s “The Boogeyman” and a bit part in the following year’s “MaXXXine” certainly don’t help Hollywood’s perception of her as a wannabe scream queen.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
These worrying landmarks reinforce a market perception that fixed-income investments are losing bets, a sentiment Hartnett summarizes as “Anything But Bonds.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
"This is mainly due to the club's perception of its worth not being matched by that of sponsors themselves," Maguire said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Without this depth perception I wouldn’t be able to catch a ball and I would forever be walking into walls.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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In this view, traveling waves may help explain how the brain transforms a constant flood of complicated sensory signals into coherent perceptions, predictions, behaviors, and experiences.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
A reading below 50 indicates that builder perceptions of current sales and sales expectations are net negative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
But, he says, “I do think it’s fair to note that we have seemingly changed our general perceptions about whether major index options are better utilized as tools for speculation rather than risk management.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Friedkin’s movie shifted people’s perceptions about fear and played with longstanding ideas about the nuclear family and religious ideology, themes that were starting to be contested and debated as America moved further from ’50s-era sterility.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Quite a young chap, but he'd had perceptions, that boy.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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Vocabulary lists containing perception
Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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