peripheral
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“No other party in the conflict or peripheral to the conflict has been equally vocally confident in the prospect of peace through superior firepower.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
It means she loses any of her remaining peripheral vision.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Traditional CAR-NK approaches usually depend on mature NK cells collected from sources such as peripheral blood or cord blood.
From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026
For decades, U.S. macroeconomic debates treated regulation as a sideshow—important for lawyers, lobbyists, and compliance officers but peripheral to the “real” drivers of economic performance, such as interest rates, deficits, and stimulus.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
My bans drove me from the center of the struggle to the sidelines, from a role that was primary to one that was peripheral.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing peripheral
Computer Science and Technology - Introductory
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Computer Science and Technology - Middle School
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