perceptive
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Faist does a lot with the taciturn, perceptive Charles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Remarkably Bright Creatures, a drama starring Sally Field and Lewis Pullman about a perceptive octopus who observes the staff in his aquarium, won best movie.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
They love deeply, and they are uncommonly perceptive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Simers tended to probe and kid and seek to stir up things, but Anderson also recognized that he could be highly accurate, perceptive and even fun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
He is one of the brightest and most perceptive of Volpe’s students, a technophile who spends a lot of time taking apart and putting back together gadgets of all kinds—computers, sound equipment, phones, cameras.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
Vocabulary lists containing perceptive
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