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as in viewpoint
a way of looking at or thinking about something
whether she was being rude or candid is all a matter of perspective
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Recent Examples of perspective
The video is filmed from Ye’s perspective and the rapper appears to be recording the conversation from another device in his lap.
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Two years later, and now the film is coming out from an artist's perspective at the perfect time.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Our heartfelt thanks go to our community: your passion, dedication, and deeply personal yet political perspectives on reality fuel our work.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025
From a staffing perspective, shrinking offices could leave holes in the management of programs and cause slowdowns.
—Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Two years later, and now the film is coming out from an artist's perspective at the perfect time.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Our heartfelt thanks go to our community: your passion, dedication, and deeply personal yet political perspectives on reality fuel our work.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025
From a staffing perspective, shrinking offices could leave holes in the management of programs and cause slowdowns.
—Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perspective
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Geekie has incorporated some of Pastrnak’s viewpoints into his game, partly because both are right shots.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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An Invisible Risk The standard literature defines cognitive bias as a systematic distortion that affects decision making processes and cognitive understanding, often resulting from limited data sets and unconscious biases and decision protocols favoring certain viewpoints.—
Cristian Randieri,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Mark Shanahan, an American politics expert who teaches at the University of Surrey in the U.K., took a similar view.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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More Americans had a negative view of Musk at 54% than a positive view at 42%, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2 – before his government overhaul escalated.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
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Spencer Platt/Getty Images/Getty Images North America Inflation eased a bit last month, but President Trump's trade war is raising concerns about the outlook for inflation.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2025
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Equities have been under pressure lately, as investors reassess the U.S. economic outlook with the Trump administration implementing tariffs on imports from China, Canada and Mexico.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Perspective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perspective. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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