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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
Why is broadening this perspective to more languages and cultures important?
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Reece Rogers, Wired News, 23 Apr. 2025
My English and Egyptian roots taught me deep respect for diverse perspectives and my PhD in politics enhanced my belief and conviction that open, balanced and constructive conversations are vital to any hopes of progress and peace.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
The critical success of Andor From a critical perspective, Andor should be a blueprint for success at LucasFilm.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
Westad and Chen enrich this familiar history with firsthand accounts that allow the story to unfold from the perspective of China’s paramount leaders and other prominent individuals.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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Reece Rogers, Wired News, 23 Apr. 2025
My English and Egyptian roots taught me deep respect for diverse perspectives and my PhD in politics enhanced my belief and conviction that open, balanced and constructive conversations are vital to any hopes of progress and peace.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
The critical success of Andor From a critical perspective, Andor should be a blueprint for success at LucasFilm.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
Westad and Chen enrich this familiar history with firsthand accounts that allow the story to unfold from the perspective of China’s paramount leaders and other prominent individuals.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perspective
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Harvard University took the extraordinary step of suing the Trump administration on April 21, 2025, claiming that the pressure campaign mounted on the school by the president and his Cabinet to force viewpoint diversity on campus violated the Constitution’s guarantees of free speech.—
Daniel Hall,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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This audit shall be performed and the same steps taken to establish viewpoint diversity every year during the period in which reforms are being implemented, which shall be at least until the end of 2028. Reforming Programs with Egregious Records of Antisemitism or Other Bias.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The rule includes everything from followers, likes, views, and comments.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Madrid have long been publicly vocal whenever the club feels officiating decisions have not gone their way, and club president Florentino Perez has been critical of what many at the Bernabeu view as refereeing bias against their side.—
Ali Rampling,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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In its commercial market outlook for 2024 to 2043, Boeing anticipated making 8,830 deliveries to China, accounting for around 20 percent of all global deliveries over this period.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The outlook has changed significantly since the Biden administration, however, some economists said.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Perspective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perspective. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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