How to Use peer in a Sentence

peer

1 of 2 noun
Definition of peernext
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  • He was respected and admired by his peers.
  • To be picked by my peers to be in the top five is great.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2020
  • The study is in preprint and has not been peer-reviewed.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 Dec. 2021
  • The study is a preprint and has not yet been peer-reviewed.
    — Washington Post, 24 June 2021
  • So many of his peers and sports hall of fame people stepped up.
    — Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The results of the study have not yet been peer reviewed or published.
    — Grayson Quay, The Week, 26 June 2022
  • Scott says his teachers and peers treat him the same as anyone else.
    — Nicole Ludden, azcentral, 23 Mar. 2020
  • Get down on your hands and knees and peer inside the stand to double-check.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Its bad-loan ratio is one of the highest among its peers.
    — Anto Antony, Bloomberg.com, 19 June 2018
  • People with such skills prefer to work in cities with their peers.
    — Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The study has been published as a pre-print and has yet to be peer-reviewed.
    — Antony Sguazzin, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2022
  • In the past year smallsats have been launched that can use radar to peer through clouds or darkness.
    — The Economist, 15 June 2019
  • Companies that don’t score at the very top of their peer group don’t make the cut.
    — Fiza Pirani, ajc, 23 May 2018
  • This is my own experience and that by some of my peers.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Pomerado News, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Don't need to be any different around me or their peers.
    — Dana Scott, azcentral, 4 June 2020
  • The result have not yet been published or peer reviewed.
    — Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Today's chart shows the Russell vs. its peers over the past month.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 28 May 2020
  • Students at these schools work at least one grade level ahead of their peers.
    — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, NOLA.com, 9 Aug. 2017
  • Worse, many of his peers went on to a life of street crime, skipping school and joining gangs.
    — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Ten of its peers have at least three directors of color.
    — Rani Molla, Recode, 16 May 2018
  • The research has not yet been peer-reviewed or published.
    — David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Among my peers, this is the big shift from World Cups prior.
    — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 15 June 2018
  • Mayo now works two part-time jobs for mental health and peer support groups.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 26 May 2021
  • The preprint study has not yet been peer-reviewed or published.
    — Meera Senthilingam, CNN, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.
    — Houston Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2019
  • But not all kids are going to feel like that at school or in their primary peer group.
    — Lisa Selin Davis, CNN, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Mikey is likeable young man who enjoys life, and gets along well with adults and peers alike.
    — Boys & Girls Aid / Community Content Partner, OregonLive.com, 29 Dec. 2017
  • Then a peer would select adjectives about you from that same list.
    — Joe Didonato, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Many of his predecessors and his peers nailed it first, or do it just as well.
    — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Some offer a place for students to meet like-minded peers.
    — Ellen Friedrichs, Washington Post, 21 June 2019
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peer

2 of 2 verb
  • With the filters out, peer into the space where the fan runs.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 13 June 2022
  • Their goal is to peer back to the beginnings of the universe.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The boy then loaded a rifle and peered through its scope.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 11 June 2019
  • The study passed muster with the experts who peer-reviewed it.
    — jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Hailee tried to peer over the sea of blue scrubs to catch the first glimpse of her little sister.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The alternative was to lose them to peer schools that would.
    — Ron Lieber, Town & Country, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The two of us peered up at the rotting floor beneath my bathroom.
    — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Strief peered over the fence from the upper practice fields and made sure to hammer me the next day.
    — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Red, just tall enough to peer over the table, kept a close watch on all.
    — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Try not to give in to peer pressure to make a purchase that doesn't fit your needs.
    — oregonlive, 13 June 2020
  • The camera was even able to peer through portholes into some of the cabins.
    — New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Onlookers have come to take photos or peer through the fence.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • My feet, serene and chill, peer up at the rest of me, which is roiling with chaos.
    — Connie Wang, refinery29.com, 29 June 2020
  • Want something to make your neighbors peer over the fence with amazement?
    — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Children peer in through the cracks in the walls—high time to seal them before winter sets in.
    — Olga Tokarczuk, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Also in the mix are the artist’s own eyes, which peer at the viewer from a corner of the collage.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2021
  • Dozens of tiny yellowish lights, mark the sides of the road: deer peering out at you.
    — Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2017
  • The camera then switches places to show us his eyes peering out through the slot in wonder.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 29 June 2018
  • Get low, on your hands and knees if there’s not much cover, and peer over.
    — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 8 Dec. 2020
  • The villa's façade glows cream and gold in the evening sun, and white stucco statues peer down.
    — Ros Belford, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Every once in a while one of us got up and pulled aside a curtain a fraction and peered out to check on things.
    — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 29 July 2019
  • But peer closer and… is that a robot ravaging the village?
    — Ann Lien, House Beautiful, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Divers peered through the window from outside the ship, shining a flashlight.
    — Meagan Flynn, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Viewers on the outside can peer in, but not vice versa.
    — Deborah Vankin Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The little girl was peering through the side window, Teri said.
    — jsonline.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • The good sport peered out from underneath those bunny ears with his face right there for all to see.
    — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2018
  • So why would the same approach not be applied to peer reviewers?
    — Jeffrey Brainard, Science | AAAS, 1 Mar. 2021
  • In the buildings that keep lights on at night, onlookers can peer in and see the vast emptiness.
    — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 12 July 2018
  • Blanc, the lawmaker, saw his face peering over his fingers pressed against the back of the bench.
    — Daniel González, azcentral, 22 June 2018
  • To find out, researchers will need to peer more closely at our neighbor.
    — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 13 July 2020

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