perception

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With just a handful of words, Emma has altered everyone’s perception of her, including her fiancé’s.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Add an energy shock to their list of grievances, however, and we will finally see a convergence between perception and reality.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Roberts admits that the “magic number” of $1.46 million is more of a hunch or perception of what people think they’ll need, rather than an official financial calculation.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Meanwhile figures such as Albert H. Munsell, a painter-turned-color-theorist, devised systems that mapped color by hue, value and chroma in an effort to translate perception into measurable terms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

He could not furnish the “proof” we would demand today, but modern research methods have now isolated the deadly chemical in soot and proved the correctness of his perception.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson