How to Use peer-to-peer in a Sentence

peer-to-peer

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  • Gray-web peer-to-peer file-sharing websites are just one place people can find the film.
    John Semley, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
  • In 2022, the company launched Shein Exchange, a peer-to-peer resale platform, in the U.S.
    Samantha Conti, WWD, 9 July 2024
  • 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
  • The peer-to-peer service — where fans swapped catalogs of MP3 song files — walloped the record business.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • 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
  • And then, the crook will quickly close their Venmo or other peer-to-peer payment account.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2024
  • 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
  • Plus, Airbnb on wheels already exists through peer-to-peer rental companies like Turo.
    Joann Muller, Axios, 25 July 2024
  • Meanwhile, Venmo could lose momentum in the peer-to-peer payments vertical, with Cash App and Zelle on the rise.
    Lisa Kailai Han,fred Imbert, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Betfair Exchange, the biggest U.K. peer-to-peer betting platform, says the odds have narrowly flipped to a Trump win.
    Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Its first idea was for peer-to-peer product rentals, and its second was for a platform for renting e-vehicles.
    Harvard Business Review, 1 July 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
  • Littlest Luxuries offers the quick and easy peer-to-peer model as well as the white-glove consignment model.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2024
  • They are designed to operate in a peer-to-peer environment.
    Dzmitry Lubneuski, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • McGovern said scammers may insist on being paid through peer-to-peer payment apps like Cash App.
    Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
  • 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
  • Now founders Logan Green and John Zimmer wanted to conduct an experiment: a peer-to-peer ride-sharing app that ran on smartphones.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 9 July 2024
  • The computer was believed to be accessing a peer-to-peer file sharing network, the warrant affidavit said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 4 July 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

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