peripheral
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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
That raises the possibility that researchers could one day investigate similar drugs as treatments for injuries involving peripheral nerves or the spinal cord.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
"The more it's about the other peripheral issues, the harder it is for the prosecution," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
With this closer, peripheral examination, I suddenly wondered if the girl was a Native American.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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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
Denyer writes that U.S. capital spending on computers and peripherals, including data center components, surged to levels not witnessed since the dotcom era of 1998-2000.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
The first AI category is investment into the computers, peripherals and networking equipment that fill these data centers, which grew by 61% annualized from the previous quarter.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 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
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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