perceptive
Example Sentences
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Villarreal: Are you, Carrie, as perceptive as Elsbeth?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
But while Amanda's game plan slipped under the radar, the traitors have shared their suspicions that Fiona may be the secret traitor and "pretending to be a bit less perceptive than she actually is".
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026
We put store in knowing what people look like: hence the value of perceptive portraits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Twelve months on, their visit brought more words of caution from Amorim about his side's evolution that proved equally perceptive.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
She was too perceptive not to notice the crusty Band-Aids and my favoring the wound.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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