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
The move, first reported by the Financial Times, comes as the artificial intelligence giant seeks to shed what executives have described as peripheral projects as it tries to maintain its lead in the AI market.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Places once peripheral to global politics, particularly the Arctic, have become new hot spots.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
"It is more a peripheral vision or spatial awareness thing, sensing that something isn't quite right in the defence or there is more space than there should be."
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
Out of my peripheral vision, I see Four shove the door open and walk out.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing peripheral
Computer Science and Technology - Introductory
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Computer Science and Technology - Middle School
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