Example Sentences

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If the public perceives that technology is too effective and hunters aren’t “showing respect for the animal, that’s not socially acceptable” and will create a backlash, Schoonen says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

"China perceives Spain as relatively friendly, less confrontational toward China than other countries and likely more independent from Washington. This allows for more autonomous decision-making," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

What Ray perceives as unexamined thinking and entrenched prejudice is, along with a clear warning about climate change, very present in “Burn the Water.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Whaite explained he has bulimia, an eating disorder, and body dysmorphia, where a person perceives defects in their own body which are often less noticeable to others.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

He believed that the exterior world could be transferred to paper—not in the ghost shadings of black and white but in the colors the human eye perceives.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck