perceiving

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Finding their conversations therapeutic—and perceiving a dearth of literature on mistakes—they have written “From Mistakes to Meaning.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

But the more we do that, the more things there are for us to pay attention to and the more worries we have about how other people are perceiving us.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

"Pain is an extremely efficient means for perceiving damage to the body and to indicate the associated threat to its continued life. This often triggers a survival response, such as fleeing or freezing."

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

“The Fed sees itself within the ‘broad range’ of neutral” with respect to its policy rate, which implies it’s no longer perceiving its posture as “restrictive,” according to Dutta.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

I knew not his word, and hesitated; he, perceiving my fault, explained its meaning and derivation while my mother begged for water.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson