PEER (AT) Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

peer (at)

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Definition of peer (at)

as in to glance (at)

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First glimpsed in The Empire Strikes Back and heavily featured in Return of the Jedi are typical of the Empire; designed to instil fear, but laughably impractical.

— Chris McMullen, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
But with the help of researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, paleontologists recently glimpsed Scotty’s rib and its remaining tissue in unprecedented detail.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026

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Technicians have continued inspecting and repairing suspension systems throughout the fleet.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Under Romanian law, the indictment gets sent to a preliminary court chamber, where a judge will inspect the case files to ensure legality.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

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Throughout the operation, the robot autonomously scanned the cardiac tissue, mapped out the precise location of the lesion, and navigated the complex pathway to deploy the cardiac occluder with sub-millimeter precision.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
In 1982 — the entire decade captured with quiet authenticity by production designer Brian Kane — Rita leads what would scan to many like a good-enough life.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

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