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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
To put this into perspective, Ye has 33.5 million followers on X (formerly Twitter); the global Jewish population currently is estimated at 15.8 million.
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Jonathan A. Greenblatt, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
California chef and American Gravy owner Andrew Gruel shared his own thoughts from a culinary perspective.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
Documentaries serve not only to remind us of these events but also to provide us with different perspectives and insight.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 28 May 2025
Working with female directors opens up a lot new perspectives — and that really makes a difference now that everyone’s looking for originality.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 17 May 2025
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Jonathan A. Greenblatt, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
California chef and American Gravy owner Andrew Gruel shared his own thoughts from a culinary perspective.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
Documentaries serve not only to remind us of these events but also to provide us with different perspectives and insight.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 28 May 2025
Working with female directors opens up a lot new perspectives — and that really makes a difference now that everyone’s looking for originality.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perspective
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Brandon Bell/Getty Images A group of residents sued, arguing that removing the books was unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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That is blatant viewpoint discrimination and an infringement of PBS and PBS Member Stations' private editorial discretion.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
30 May 2025
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What, so someone with bad intentions could input their own views into a data set in order to advance a false narrative?—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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This is a view of the world where social, environmental, and economic issues are interdependent and must be addressed together.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Snowflake raised its full-year sales outlook for product revenue and sees its current quarter sales just above analysts' expectations.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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And there’s a 2016 review published in The Encyclopedia of Mental Health to back up the concept that your outlook on how a situation will play out (positive or negative) can influence the outcome.—
Mara Santilli,
SELF,
22 May 2025
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“Perspective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perspective. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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