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In natural English speech, "perch" appears in contexts such as: "hypothesis today and so we have to demote the Multiverse from the lofty perch that more understood or more accepted uh cosmological models hold even though it has like all this popular attention it's almost more like a scientifically informed philosophy today than a proper". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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hypothesis today and so we have to demote the Multiverse from the lofty

perch that more understood or more accepted uh cosmological models hold even though it has like all this popular

attention it's almost more like a scientifically informed philosophy today than a proper

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noun

Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

noun

Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:

verb

To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.

“The macaw perched on Jim's shoulder.”

verb

To sit upon the edge of something.

“The platform was already crowded, but the newcomers threaded their way to the front amid a decorous murmur of welcome. Mr. Peeble shoved and exhorted and two end seats emerged upon which Enid and Malone perched themselves.”

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