peer review
noun
: a process by which something proposed (as for research or publication) is evaluated by a group of experts in the appropriate field
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After submitting the paper to peer review ahead of its publication in Nature, Sony researchers kept experimenting and said Ace accelerated its shot speeds and rallies and played even more aggressively and closer to the table edge.
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Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
In both cases, scientists undergo a process called peer review, during which other scientists who study similar topics are asked to basically grade the quality of the researcher’s work and provide both negative and positive feedback.
—Greg Eghigian, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
Peter Harsha, the chief operating officer and director of government affairs for the Computing Research Association (CRA), said there is less personnel to review grant proposals and run the peer review panels necessary to approve federal dollars for research projects.
—Fiona Bork, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2026
After seeing Thomas Kail’s new staging, my own personal peer review is still debating the play.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
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Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
In both cases, scientists undergo a process called peer review, during which other scientists who study similar topics are asked to basically grade the quality of the researcher’s work and provide both negative and positive feedback.
—Greg Eghigian, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
Peter Harsha, the chief operating officer and director of government affairs for the Computing Research Association (CRA), said there is less personnel to review grant proposals and run the peer review panels necessary to approve federal dollars for research projects.
—Fiona Bork, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2026
After seeing Thomas Kail’s new staging, my own personal peer review is still debating the play.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for peer review
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