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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are peripheral" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is secondary or not central to the main topic or issue being discussed.
Example: "The issues we discussed yesterday are peripheral to the main objectives of the project."
Alternatives: "are secondary" or "are marginal."
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are peripheral
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There are peripheral flaws.
The other things are peripheral issues.
These are peripheral to much of the real economy.
Vouchers as an incentive scheme are peripheral to the problem they seek to solve.
Most of my choices are peripheral works, illuminating a specific era or personality.
The condom wrapper, the strip club and their uneasy relationship with the celebrity media are peripheral issues, though.
Blair will continue to prevaricate with qualified apologies and regret for things that are peripheral to the main point.
Yet, to my thinking, the real pet words are peripheral beings, only occasionally reflecting the author's deepest themes and concerns.
Many seemed concerned about issues that are either not in the health care legislation or are peripheral to the debate in Washington — abortion, euthanasia, coverage of immigrants, privacy.
I thought, Oh, of course — the funding is the true story and the true tension, and the romantic entanglements are peripheral, rather than the reverse.
But these are decorative scenes that are peripheral to the heart of the drama.
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