peripheral
Example Sentences
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Directors also get the opportunity to play with characters who would be peripheral if they followed the entire arc of an artist’s career.
The departure of Ange Postecoglou and arrival of Thomas Frank as manager has meant Johnson has had more of a peripheral role this season.
From BBC
But in his defense, his attorney argued that Gaffield was “peripheral” to the terror plot case and that his actions were “non-violent and inchoate,” according to court records.
From Los Angeles Times
An autopsy identified inflammation in Bass’s peripheral nervous system and in his heart muscles—similar to Anderberg’s.
Other chapters, however, seem more peripheral, such as those that give blow-by-blow accounts of Russian-Qing diplomacy over the disputed Amur region far to the east of Mongolia.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
