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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
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Emilia had cancer — B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.—
Kate Bilo,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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As her life is starting, her mother suffers from an acute schizophrenic episode.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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Your perceptive nature reads the room, so adapt tone and timing to land the message and keep momentum moving.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
16 June 2026
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The couple said that Lillie Ann is incredibly perceptive to their mood changes and has alerted Robert to changes in his health.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
16 June 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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Ilunga was an experienced player who had won a number of domestic, continental and international titles, including the 1974 Africa Cup of Nations.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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In an exclusive interview with CBS, the attorneys alleged that the teen experienced complications related to anesthesia before having a rhinoplasty at Svelta Plastic Surgery.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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The second area, perhaps the most insightful, is high demand for post quantum cryptography (PQC) support.—
Dr. Jonathan Reichental,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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The museum takes visitors on an insightful journey through the past, present and future of Mississippi's pivotal role in the Civil Rights movement, including the history of slavery in the state and the beginnings of the Jim Crow era.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 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
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“Percipient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percipient. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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