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

peer-review

ˈpir-ri-ˈvyü 

transitive verb

Examples of peer review in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Each of these four Big Players was insensitive to the discipline of peer review. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 29 July 2026

The findings have not yet undergone the full peer review process required for publication in a scientific journal. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 July 2026

Deprioritizing scientific merit The first issue is peer review. — Aliasger K. Salem, The Conversation, 23 July 2026

This approach has been through peer review and has since been used to examine a wide variety of weather events, many of which show the fingerprint (or, in some cases, the fist print) of climate change. — ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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