1
as in nobleman
a man of high birth or social position
claims to be related to an English peer
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2
as in equivalent
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value
a jury of one's peers
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as in to gaze
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
visitors seem mesmerized as they peer at the variety of marine life in the aquarium's huge tank
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Recent Examples of peer
Abby Monteil, Them., 25 Apr. 2025
Her comment section flooded with congratulatory messages, including replies from peers like Latto, Tia Corine, Reginae Carter, Anycia, and fellow moms Kalii and Halle Bailey.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
Watching Wayne Gretzky highlights can be like peering into another universe, one that closely mirrors our own but in which everything is just a little bit off.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Meanwhile, a 2023 National LGBTQ Task Force study found that trans people are twice as likely to serve compared with their cisgender peers.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 25 Apr. 2025
Her comment section flooded with congratulatory messages, including replies from peers like Latto, Tia Corine, Reginae Carter, Anycia, and fellow moms Kalii and Halle Bailey.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
Webb has the observational capability to peer through the atmosphere of exoplanets, or planets beyond our solar system.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
Watching Wayne Gretzky highlights can be like peering into another universe, one that closely mirrors our own but in which everything is just a little bit off.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peer
Noun
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His father, Reinaldo senior, was a nobleman who bore the hereditary 18th-century title Marqués de Torre Casa.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
29 Mar. 2025
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Ellen does manage to settle down and live an ordinary life with Thomas, but her dark desires resurface after Thomas is tasked with selling an estate to Orlok, who his employer believes is an eccentric (and fabulously wealthy) nobleman.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
29 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Nuggets and Clippers players gazed up at the jumbotron together and tried to litigate the nanoseconds.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
27 Apr. 2025
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During his four-year interregnum at Mar-a-Lago, Trump gazed down the fairways and concluded that Joe Biden was too diminished to win again.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2025
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One, the foreman, is a gentleman who was born in the Dominican Republic and came to NYC in 1996.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2025
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The foundation is named for its ingenious couturier-founder, a gentleman whose love for fashion history inspired him to collect the historic and modern work of the masters of haute couture.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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His pitching counterpart, Grant Holmes, wasn’t so lucky.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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Those stars will have an equal counterpart on the other side.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Verb
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The goal was to execute highly choreographed, ultra-precise movements, all while staring directly at the audience.—
Andrew Lampert,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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At school the next day, he was treated as an art piece, in which his classmates stopped and stared.—
Akili King,
Essence,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Travis is a senior fellow at the Columbia University Justice Lab and president emeritus of John Jay College of Criminal Justice.—
Stanley Richards,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2025
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Reflecting on the board's broader influence, Henry Aaron, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former board chair, told Reuters that while the board has produced valuable research, its effectiveness has often been limited by the need to secure bipartisan consensus.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Early in the hour, Lochlan is again gawking at a nude Saxon.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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Hundreds of San Francisco fans filled the City View Metreon with many little girls representing younger versions of Saweetie in the audience gawking at their hero.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
18 Feb. 2025
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Shortly after Sanders' name came off the board, Kiper unleashed on NFL franchises, which led to a clash between him and colleague Rece Davis.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
4 May 2025
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My colleague Jessica Gelt and I are here with your Essential Arts rundown.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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“Peer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peer. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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