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peripheral

[puh-rif-er-uhl] / pəˈrɪf ər əl /


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“We’ve gone through several rotations in and out of AI darlings, but there’s always been a peripheral group that has more debt out there than anybody’s comfortable with,” Hogan said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

What may be arguably new is treating the audiences for historically marginalized forms of art as central rather than peripheral.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

That raises the possibility that researchers could one day investigate similar drugs as treatments for injuries involving peripheral nerves or the spinal cord.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

"The more it's about the other peripheral issues, the harder it is for the prosecution," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

By this standard, Jefferson was a more reliable colleague than staunch Federalists who had been reluctant or merely peripheral participants in the climactic phase of the revolutionary drama.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The personal computer and killer apps such as spreadsheets fueled an explosion of demand that far offset that falling price: between 1974 and 1984, business investment in computers and peripherals tripled to 0.8% of GDP.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The low forward P/E ratios for Sandisk and Micron haven’t only resulted from the hot market for memory chips and computer memory peripherals.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Immediately after the fire took his home, Moore needed to work, but he no longer possessed the peripherals and equipment he required to record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026

"Today, our AI glasses are phone peripherals," he said.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

In the peripherals of my vision, the Hebrew letters on signs seemed to change, distorting into an alphabet I had never learned.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros


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