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

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

In the present system, politics are also tempered by the peer review process. — Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026

Other common concerns were peer review being deemphasized, the potential for awards to be terminated before research projects are completed, and restrictions on work related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. — Anil Oza, STAT, 15 July 2026

Sawala has submitted his rebuttal for its own peer review, and the preprint is already making rounds in the cosmology community. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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