How to Use perception in a Sentence
perception
noun
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And the justices are very aware of the change in perception.
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Los Angeles Times,
4 Oct. 2021
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But the stakes here may be more about perception than the law.
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David Z. Morris,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2017
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Think about the perception of punk and then think about that.
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Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
16 Dec. 2021
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Change that rests on the perception the rest of the league has about a player.
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The Indianapolis Star,
1 Dec. 2022
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What has changed is the perception of when that line gets crossed.
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Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
23 Mar. 2018
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At least as far as perception went, Parker was the third wheel of the group.
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Jeff McDonald,
ExpressNews.com,
10 June 2019
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The perception about them would change with a win in Columbus.
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BostonGlobe.com,
25 Dec. 2019
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The perception is that this is real—for the guests, and for the audience, too.
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Matt Miller,
Esquire,
7 Oct. 2016
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And there's a perception that things have changed over four years.
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Anthony Salvanto,
CBS News,
19 May 2024
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But not much has changed in terms of the perception of Black women.
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Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes,
28 Mar. 2022
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And the perception is that his bosses have pulled him back some.
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John Canzano | The Oregonian/oregonlive,
oregonlive,
9 Dec. 2019
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With that said, who - at this point - are the winners in the court of public perception and who are the losers?
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Mark Heim | [email protected],
al,
13 Aug. 2020
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It’s not that simple, even if that will be the perception.
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Jon Meoli,
baltimoresun.com,
5 July 2021
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The 27-year-old rapper has been known to toy with the public’s perception of her.
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Time,
24 July 2023
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There's that perception that Black women have to come and dance for their time and space.
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Jessica Cruel,
Allure,
17 Sep. 2020
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It’s had its ups and downs in terms of public perception.
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Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
7 Dec. 2023
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Polling on the 2003 Iraq war reveals that this perception lingers.
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Naima Green-Riley,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Feb. 2024
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Yes, the perception was that the company had had such a rough go for so long.
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Virginia Heffernan,
WIRED,
17 Oct. 2024
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Are the gifts of perception that come with living abroad, in that in-between space, worth it?
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Patrick Brzeski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Oct. 2022
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But none of this is likely to change people’s perception of Musk for the worse.
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Marina Koren,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2018
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At the same time, public perception of the war has changed since early 2022.
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Brittany Carloni,
The Indianapolis Star,
26 Apr. 2024
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Just like beauty, the essence of a fragrance is in the perception of the beholder.
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Grooming Playbook,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
15 Dec. 2022
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The perception that women can't do the same role, or people of color can't do the same role.
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NBC News,
16 June 2021
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One measure of risk perception is the position of your hands on the wheel.
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Oliver Broudy,
Men's Health,
17 Aug. 2023
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So don’t let your perceptions of who a hacker is stop you from giving the field a shot.
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Amanda Rousseau,
Teen Vogue,
28 Aug. 2017
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Humans lives their lives trapped in a glass cage of perception.
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Matt Simon,
WIRED,
24 May 2018
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In fact, just the opposite is true, at least in terms of the public’s perception.
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Raul A. Reyes,
CNN,
7 Jan. 2023
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Perhaps the biggest change of all is one of perception.
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Andrew Zaleski,
Popular Mechanics,
10 Aug. 2021
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Some consciousness researchers believe that on high doses of DMT, perception takes on this kind of curvy geometry.
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Oshan Jarow,
Vox,
4 Nov. 2024
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Gibbs said Taco Bell led the industry in the third quarter in value perception among all fast-food consumers, helping its sales even during an industrywide slowdown.
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Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2024
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