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
Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
And some advocacy and peer groups are the Curvy Girls Scoliosis Foundation, ScoliBoys and Higgy Bears.
—Oc Register, 10 June 2026
Samantha Subin, CNBC, 26 May 2026
Satellites helped scientists peer deep inside Earth Launched in 2013, the Swarm satellite constellation carries highly sensitive magnetometers designed to map Earth’s magnetic field with exceptional precision.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
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Noun
The United States spends more per person on health care than any other nation, yet consistently trails behind its peers in health outcomes.
—Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
And some advocacy and peer groups are the Curvy Girls Scoliosis Foundation, ScoliBoys and Higgy Bears.
—Oc Register, 10 June 2026
Verb
That's allowed Micron and peers SK Hynix and Samsung to hike prices.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 26 May 2026
Satellites helped scientists peer deep inside Earth Launched in 2013, the Swarm satellite constellation carries highly sensitive magnetometers designed to map Earth’s magnetic field with exceptional precision.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peer
Noun
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One of the earliest examples emerged in the 16th century, when Venetian nobleman Luigi Cornaro promoted the benefits of a restricted diet in La Vita Sobria (The Art of Living Long), a series of essays describing his personal experiences of cutting certain foods from his diet.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 June 2026
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The sprawling Northamptonshire property was first granted to Norman nobleman Geoffrey of Mowbray following the 11th-century Norman Conquest, later passing to Isabel de Bruce—the grandmother of Scottish king Robert the Bruce—before eventually returning to the English crown in the 14th century.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
26 May 2026
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The seven winners of these remaining ties will progress to the 36-team Champions League proper, while the seven losers drop into the Europa League equivalent.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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The launch of an AI customer-service assistant reduced the workload by the equivalent of 700 full-time agents—from roughly 3,000 to 2,300—and the third-party providers redeployed those 700 workers to other clients, according to Klarna.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But the way that Bullseye gazes at Woody with those big eyes?—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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Were the children subjected to the marshmallow test allowed to pursue such gratifying delights, or would merely touching the treats have demonstrated their surrender to short-termism, causing the psychologist who gazed at them through a peephole to return, disappointed?—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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Well, first of all, the idea that these three gentlemen that have very little background in terms of negotiations or the technical nature of nuclear negotiations going against a hardened Iranian team that's been doing this for decades.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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And there was one other gentleman, this was so cute.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
13 June 2026
Noun
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The neighborhood/area Bilbao has an industrial character that is both more modern and more traditional than its popular counterpart, San Sebastián, and the Artist sits in the revitalized upper edge of the Abando District.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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The head is brown to black and has several ivory to yellowish spots, which helps separate it from its native counterpart, the smoke-tree sharpshooter.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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Regrets are common enough after lives are lost — when the cost of conflict is staring you right in the face, dead-eyed and countless — and yet this specific contrition persists long before the ships crash, the arrows fly, and the dragons roar.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
15 June 2026
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Most passengers spend a week living inside the ship, not staring at it from shore.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Now a graduate teaching fellow, Elom Tettey-Tamaklo advises faculty despite past controversy.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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The school has drawn support from Lonsdale’s fellow Palantir cofounder and Stanford alum Alex Karp, who has also criticized the college system.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Let’s take a second to gawk at the red-hot flurry of midfield activity in the 1994 World Cup.—
John Muller,
New York Times,
6 June 2026
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This seemingly reflexive action of whipping out their phones while gawking and filming isn’t a novel occurrence.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
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“Peer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peer. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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