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peripheral vision

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noun

  1. all that is visible to the eye outside the central area of focus; side vision.


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"We've all had that moment of wandering into a club and scanning the room with your peripheral vision and being like, 'Are they there? Are they there?'" she says.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

How far back is the best for sound, or so the screen runs up to the edges of your peripheral vision?

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025

It’s hard to not read those letters in your peripheral vision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025

In macular degeneration, the light-sensitive photoreceptor cells in the central retina deteriorate, leaving only limited peripheral vision.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2025

I sense a slight flicker of something from my fuzzy peripheral vision.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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