perceive
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In recent years, streaming’s popularity has significantly impacted the genre and how audiences perceive it.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
The surprising behavior raises new questions about how birds perceive the people around them.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
“The way I perceive and think about these issues in our current social context colors my reading and recounting of history.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
A University of Massachusetts Amherst poll last month found that only 22% of Americans perceive the economy in a good or fair state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
I saw my expression as a stranger might perceive it, especially if it was framed with an unflattering message.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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The biggest risk Anthropic perceives on this front is that the companies might not be able to manufacture computer memory as quickly as Anthropic would want it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Psychosis involves a disruption in how someone perceives or interprets reality and can include experiences such as hallucinations or delusions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 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
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
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Instead, the market has seen a rotation out of many big technology growth plays and into perceived value stocks, he observes.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
This was perceived as a dig against Eduardo, mockingly nicknamed "little banana."
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
But in China, any perceived disrespect of Mao immediately rose to a matter of national concern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
To qualify as folly for this inquiry, the policy adopted must meet three criteria: it must have been perceived as counter-productive in its own time, not merely by hindsight .
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
But Varney also perceived something else: the silver eagles on his collar rendered all the muscles of all the light colonels in the Marine Corps impotent.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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That’s not quite how others are perceiving this “symbol.”
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
"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
"As adults, we overthink: 'How am I coming across? How's everyone perceiving me?'," she says.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
“I bet you’re gonna do nothin’,” Matt blurted out, not perceiving the warning signals given off by Lillian.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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