peripheral
Example Sentences
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For an hour at Hampden, Lawrence Shankland was a peripheral figure, a support act for George Hirst - Scotland's number nine - and diminished because of it.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
“No other party in the conflict or peripheral to the conflict has been equally vocally confident in the prospect of peace through superior firepower,” he said at the time.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Future analyses are expected to focus on additional patient groups, including people with chronic kidney disease and peripheral artery disease.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
The color line, slavery and the long Black Freedom Struggle are not peripheral to the American story; they are central to it.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
Still, man, it wasn’t gonna be easy getting past the living room without him catching me in his peripheral.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
Vocabulary lists containing peripheral
Computer Science and Technology - Introductory
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Computer Science and Technology - Middle School
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