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Recent Examples of percipient
Well-known to followers of the blogosphere and seekers of intelligent, percipient commentary on public policy, Kevin Drum passed away Friday after a long battle with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for percipient
Adjective
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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome affects the kidneys and causes a wide range of symptoms, including blurred vision, low blood pressure, acute shock, internal bleeding and kidney failure.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Those category expansions aren’t driven by a common technology, but rather by an acute understanding of consumer pain points and how to solve them.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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This perceptive and sophisticated text offered the most informative medical account of the Black Death written by an eyewitness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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There is a specific subset of leaders who are perceptive, analytically rigorous and committed to the quality of their work.—
Bill Koch,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.—
Hisham Matar,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
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Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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For true interior aficionados, Design Within Reach’s area rug inventory caters to the most discerning design shoppers.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
8 May 2026
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But oftentimes, most new offerings aren’t really that different or meaningful to all but the most discerning fan.—
Cyrus Farivar,
ArsTechnica,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The simplification of this rallying cry points to the exhibition’s sagacious curatorial focus.—
Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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Harper’s has been a sagacious and elegant presence in all this for a very long time, since there were giants on the earth, Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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But the players, led by the most experienced in their number, took it upon themselves to regroup.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Community members also raised concerns about the sheltering of those displaced, said communication was confusing and people didn’t know what to plan for, and that some experienced price gouging.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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Originally from Philadelphia, Tulsky first entered the hockey world as an analytics writer on fan blogs 15 years ago, earning a reputation for unique, insightful articles and interacting with his readers.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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Made when Dunham was in her early 20s, the film is a deadly accurate portrait of post-collegiate ennui, shot partly in her parents’ NYC apartment, and remains fresh and startlingly insightful.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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Instead, this trickster figure proffers the idea that Shakespeare was too perspicacious to be just some white guy.—
Theater Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Jan. 2026
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If a new Bridgerton-sibling romance each season is the series’ gimmick, then Penelope has proven to be its soul—a vividly realistic protagonist whose perspicacious alter ego tethered each fairytale courtship to earth.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
14 June 2024
Cite this Entry
“Percipient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percipient. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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