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peripheral

[puh-rif-er-uhl] / pəˈrɪf ər əl /


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Rather than being a peripheral location in ape evolution, the region may have been an important center of evolutionary diversification.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Ironically for such a consequential theater, when the war began, in 1914, the central powers saw it as peripheral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The tech displays only the exact thing you're looking at in the highest quality, while making things in your peripheral vision less clear.

From BBC ● Sep. 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

At the same moment, they became aware of a movement in their peripheral vision.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Micron’s 2026 performance is in line with a very hot market for makers of memory chips and computer storage memory peripherals.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Apple’s foray into services, its constant striving to anticipate any features and peripherals that might let another rectangle maker steal a march on the iPhone, are all about defending the gold mine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 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

Some of the computer peripherals were already in boxes, but clothes and household stuff and books were scattered through every room.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz


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