perceive
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"A shirt becomes iconic partly because of what happened while someone was wearing it. The passage of time also changes how we perceive and appreciate a football kit."
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Voters, Mitchell said, “are really thinking about the implications” of their vote, and perhaps don’t want to throw it away on a candidate they perceive as having no chance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
With frame rates beyond what our eye can perceive, it did not take long for movies to appear nearly as realistic as life itself.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
When scientists examined whether people can perceive infrasound, they found that we are not consciously aware of it.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
He began to perceive what this was, a woman who clung to an old and dying man because of what last thing she might get from him.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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