perceiving
- present participle of perceive.
Example Sentences
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Perceiving something -- anything -- in your surroundings is to become aware of what your senses are detecting.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2024
Perceiving opportunities to become involved in an activity and to have a voice in decision-making, researchers found, increased middle schoolers’ sense of mattering in two rural Michigan school districts.
From Scientific American • Oct. 6, 2022
Perceiving future risk, internet firms want to do all they can to fight the souring mood and win political allies.
From Economist • Oct. 26, 2017
Perceiving Egyptian superiority, Ali viewed his surroundings as evidence that he had reached the most advanced Muslim country in the world.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2016
Perceiving that this was a more serious affair, he invited Lawrence to his office to discuss it.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
