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perspective

[per-spek-tiv] / pərˈspɛk tɪv /


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The arrangement may be logical from the founder’s perspective but feel unfair to cousins a generation later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Here’s Mark: “I’ll be handpicking the stories worth your time each morning, with more of MarketWatch’s best reporting and perspective on what it all means for your money. See you Monday!”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Now, he’s going to be applying for British citizenship, a change that could alter his comedic perspective.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

They have created an environment of complete precision, not only in engineering, but also in process, because they simply can't afford financially or from a race perspective to slip up.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

But perspective painting provided the first glimpse of this new universe.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

With 19 policymakers, it is difficult to make progress given diverse individual perspectives, strongly held views and the challenge of reforming such a complicated beast.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

But his new attempt at closure reminds us how real events can be written from very different perspectives that, other than on the baldest of facts, would agree on very little.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"By combining physiological measurements with participants' subjective assessments, we were able to examine sleep from multiple perspectives under everyday home conditions, which was an important aspect of this study," emphasizes Shimizu.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

“I understand higher education from several perspectives — as an educator, a policymaker and someone who has spent much of his career working with families facing economic and social barriers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The exterior was also displayed from multiple perspectives.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull


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