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Recent Examples of percipience More recent events sent me back to the novel itself, and to a new respect for Lewis’ percipience about Americans’ vulnerability to the blandishments of political charlatans, and about his oracular vision of how a fascist takeover would unfold. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021 Readers knew to expect in a Flanigan column percipience and foresight, expressed in graceful, unaffected prose. Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2021 Jones has experience with a wide array of run-pass option plays as well, and his football percipience is highly regarded. Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for percipience
Noun
  • Here's a better understanding of what Pope Leo XIV wore on Thursday.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 9 May 2025
  • To that end, a better understanding of where the American consumer is headed may lie in the automotive aftermarket.
    Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • One is an artistic mastermind with striking vampiric looks who has used his intimate appreciation of avant-garde composers like Karlheinz Stockhausen to elevate a popular art form to the realm of greatness—and the other fronts a band called the Bad Seeds.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 May 2025
  • Managing assets for routine distributions emphasizes an area less critical for long-term investors only seeking capital appreciation with indefinite holding periods: income.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • However, two-thirds of Americans recognize that being a K-12 teacher is harder than most jobs, indicating a perception gap between the two groups.
    Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • Neither is true — and this confusion illustrates California’s perception problem, even among filmmakers who would like to shoot there.
    Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025

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“Percipience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percipience. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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