peripheral
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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
“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
As Hibbert's tumour began to press on his optic nerves, it narrowed his peripheral vision.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
In his peripheral vision, he saw Dimple’s jaw just about come unhinged.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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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
Buried in the U.S. government’s consumer-price index is a category called ”computers, peripherals and smart-home assistant devices.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 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
On each table there was a different classic home computer or videogame system, accompanied by tiered racks that appeared to hold a complete collection of its peripherals, controllers, software, and games.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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