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perception

[per-sep-shuhn] / pərˈsɛp ʃən /


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With housing costs so central to voters’ perceptions about the economy, both parties have put forward proposals in recent weeks targeting affordability.

From Los Angeles Times

Trading is about "risk management and your perception of where the world is and how people think the world is," he said.

From Barron's

Oil futures settled higher on renewed market perception of geopolitical risk going into the weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal

The touring spectacle Cody created, with its air of authenticity, transformed the public’s perceptions of the frontier, setting the benchmark for how the West and cowboys would be depicted in popular culture for decades after.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The things you can see can skew your perception of yourself so much that it forces your hand for a decision like that," she says.

From BBC