peerages

plural of peerage

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Noun
  • Meanwhile, artists typically enjoy between 10% and 25% of royalties on physical records, according to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
    Luke Fountain, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Fogerty signed a deal with Fantasy Records in 1968 but relinquished his artist royalties to owner Saul Zaentz in 1980 to get out of the contract, according to Billboard.
    Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the mid-twentieth century, Canavan writes, American science fiction often depicted societies ruled by computers as an analog for Soviet communism.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In that vision of a distant, distant future, there is no public sector or state in those societies.
    Nic Juarez, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Peerages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peerages. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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