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peripheral

[puh-rif-er-uhl] / pəˈrɪf ər əl /


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The team started with human peripheral monocytes collected from blood samples and converted them into microglia-like cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 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

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

I keep my peripheral vision on the hall in case the messenger returns.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

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

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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