peers 1 of 2

plural of peer

peers

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of peer

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of peers
Noun
The child star was often cast ahead of peers Helen Hunt and Jodie Foster. — Justine Fisher, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2026 Lee got the job, but soon found himself in conflict with his industry peers. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Yet even after rebounding from its August lows, the stock is down about 2% over the past year, compared with an average gain of roughly 14% for its Magnificent Seven peers. — Stephanie Link, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026 In music class, all the students are made to sing a song in front of their peers, because being 15 isn’t traumatizing enough already. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026 The survey does not offer an explanation for why the United States appears to be outpacing its peers on trust. — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 10 Oct. 2026 If Mike Ditka never did anything else in football, his legacy as a player has few peers. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026 Other faculty of color have reported feeling like they and their scholarship are undervalued by their schools and peers. — Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 Long-lived healthy adults tend to have microbiomes that are richer in bacterial diversity than those of their chronological peers, with the former having gut bacteria that look more like those of younger, healthier adults. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
Emotions run high and loud; the camera peers closely into their grief. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 Specifically, this image was captured by JWST's NIRCam (Near-InfraRed Camera) instrument, which peers into the near-infrared, a wavelength range that encompasses the light from faint stars and galaxies. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Szor's camera captures the glittering lights of the city and often peers into apartment windows, showing us Israeli citizens working out, eating meals and watching the news. — Justin Chang, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 As the Alpha Gang spies subtly on one another, the camera peers through their binoculars (also branded with AG). — Cortlyn Kelly, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026 Standing on the deck of a sleek catamaran gliding through the water, Sanghamitra Jena peers through the binoculars slung around her neck. — Kalpana Sunder, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026 The Fanta mascot peers out from a pantry door—the same pantry door that was in the house in Auckland where the Kings moved in 1960. — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Hubble excels at producing razor-sharp images of individual objects, Webb peers farther back into cosmic history than any telescope before it, and Roman will survey enormous swaths of the sky to reveal how those objects fit into the wider universe. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Though Ted peers into his old locker room, none of the players from the men’s team actually appear. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peers
Noun
  • The best buyers were Russian noblemen, high rollers who used the glossy fur to line the collars of their winter overcoats.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026
  • In addition, while common soldiers were buried in mass graves, officers and noblemen were usually laid to rest in a church.
    — Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Their counterparts in Neon kept their Palme d’Or streak alive with Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord, a drama about religious Romanians clashing with Nordic liberalism.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Tucked away in the West Village, actor Julianne Moore doesn’t seem to live like her Hollywood counterparts.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The real Cloonee sits in a chair across from me, while another stares at me from the coffee table, where there’s a copy of Cloonee’s recent DJ Mag cover.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Lux is drawn back to the old pictures and voice notes on his phone, while Mille stares at the WhatsApp chat with her sister as if waiting for a response.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the decidedly forgettable experience of falling for a phishing scam—or in this case, the simulation of one.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This, ladies and gentlemen, is what’s known in the editing bay as foreshadowing.
    — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • New Skydance content sales chief David Decker was all smiles at the WBD stand, able to look over and see his new Paramount colleagues just along the beachfront.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Eventually, Chili invites Lee over to his house, far away from the ears of his former colleagues shooting pool at Secrets.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • An investor gazes at a share price board showing various stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on August 25, 2015.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Yan gazes intently at how the colors reflect against Pascoal’s skin, eyes and hair.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The widening gap in French bond yields over their German equivalents has raised questions over whether the European Central Bank would have to take the expensive and politically controversial step of intervening to stabilize the market.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In the summer of 2026, Ukraine also targeted multiple warehouses belonging to the Russian companies Wildberries and Ozon, which are Russia’s Amazon equivalents.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • With production costs rising, broadcasters are also bringing partners together to finance new series and share the investment.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Fast forward four years, partners Daly Waters and Tamboran announced the first natural gas sales ever from the Beetaloo in September.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

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“Peers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peers. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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