How to Use peer-to-peer in a Sentence
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Renters can also find EVs on Turo, a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform that’s like the Airbnb of autos.
— Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2023 -
Shapiro, who subscribed to many of the ideals of the peer-to-peer movement, was beginning to fear where cloud computing might lead the web.
— WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023 -
Over the years, the room listing has eclipsed the homeowner profile on the platform, reducing its peer-to-peer vibe.
— Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 10 May 2023 -
All Napster did was enable people to transfer files in a peer-to-peer manner.
— Gary Marcus, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2024 -
The peer-to-peer apps offer an easy way to donate to a friend, say someone who is buying the latest going-away gift at the office.
— Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2023 -
Speak to answering that problem, and present solutions peer-to-peer, so as to come from a place of equality.
— Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2024 -
Venmo is a peer-to-peer digital wallet where users link their bank accounts to send money back and forth.
— Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023 -
Following its launch in 2017, Zelle grew to become one of the largest U.S. peer-to-peer payments networks by total payments.
— Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2023 -
Third, the learning process is improved both from peer-to-peer relations and from more senior to younger employees.
— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023 -
Notably, for renters, peer-to-peer rental sites often provide wider variety in both the type of vehicles available for rent and in price.
— Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023 -
Worn Wear buys back used brand gear from consumers by paying higher prices than peer-to-peer apps or other marketplaces, Agrawal said.
— Joshua Kirby, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2023 -
Through peer-to-peer networks of training, for inspiring knowledge exchange and best practices.
— Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Secret peer-to-peer discussions exploded as the most angered mods worked to rally more support.
— Paresh Dave, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024 -
To help sell its drugs, Horizon blankets specialist physicians with marketing and peer-to-peer appeals.
— Arthur Allen, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023 -
The local nonprofit Grant Us Hope has implemented the peer-to-peer suicide prevention program in more than 240 schools across Ohio.
— The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024 -
When founded in 1995, eBay brought peer-to-peer online resale to the masses through its pioneering marketplace.
— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023 -
The use of blockchain, the decentralized, peer-to-peer structure and the complex mathematical code demand respect.
— Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024 -
Editor’s picks The difference is that the peer-to-peer economy is built on informal but trusted networks.
— Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023 -
Adams is the former chief marketing officer of BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file-sharing software.
— Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024 -
Getaround Getaround is another peer-to-peer car-sharing service, combining the hourly convenience of Zipcar with the private owner fleet of Turo.
— Matt Meltzer, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2024 -
Grigsby with Avis Alaska said that rental car agencies would insist that any new vehicle rental tax rate be applied equally to themselves and peer-to-peer car rental services.
— Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023 -
Fintech solutions like earned wage access and peer-to-peer lending amounted to $1.3 billion in annual fees.
— Rodney Williams, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2023 -
Homendy said the flight attendants had attended peer-to-peer counseling since the incident.
— Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024 -
While the platform follows a peer-to-peer model like Airbnb, each property has undergone multiple rounds of quality checks by a team of experts.
— Lindsay Tigar, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2023 -
The Air Line Pilots Association also offers a round-the-clock, peer-to-peer stress hotline staffed by volunteer pilots.
— Claire Rush and Gene Johnson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2023 -
Unlike traditional rental platforms, peer-to-peer rental apps task their users with the washing and dry-cleaning of their clothes, as well as shipping and handling (which users often work into the final rental price).
— Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 31 Aug. 2023 -
Although peer-to-peer sharing may have been a tenet in communities of lore, our modern this-is-mine culture has taken us away from what seems like such practical common sense.
— Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 7 June 2023 -
This type of transaction serves Bitcoin's original purpose as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
— Korok Ray, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023 -
And crucial to its success were the peer-to-peer relationships that members forged in their respective communities.
— Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023 -
For this reason, Ethereum is a faster and more practical peer-to-peer payment system than Bitcoin according to many analysts and observers in the industry.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
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