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perceptive

[per-sep-tiv] / pərˈsɛp tɪv /


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The plan is to be "instinctive, measured, and perceptive", Ramsey said.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Villarreal: Are you, Carrie, as perceptive as Elsbeth?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 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’s the most perceptive person in the family.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass


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