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
Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
As of 2021, two-thirds of undocumented renters statewide were rent-burdened, compared to 57% of all immigrant renters and 53% of their U.S.-born peers, according to the California Immigrant Data Portal by the USC Equity Research Institute.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 July 2025
Passersby were few, and drivers trying to enter the deck slowed to peer at the eight patrol cars and dozens of officers before circling around the block.
—Julia Coin
updated July 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2025
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Noun
Unlike some of her peers who air their dirty laundry online, Saweetie has stayed relatively quiet.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
As of 2021, two-thirds of undocumented renters statewide were rent-burdened, compared to 57% of all immigrant renters and 53% of their U.S.-born peers, according to the California Immigrant Data Portal by the USC Equity Research Institute.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
Astronomers have turned the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) into a time machine to peer back in cosmic time to 1 billion years after the Big Bang.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 July 2025
Passersby were few, and drivers trying to enter the deck slowed to peer at the eight patrol cars and dozens of officers before circling around the block.
—Julia Coin
updated July 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peer
Noun
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Edgar Ravenswood, a Scottish nobleman, speaks in Standard English throughout the text.—
Rachel Ashcroft
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 July 2025
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At a young age, like a nobleman in earlier centuries, Malaparte was dispatched to be raised by others—in this case, a metalworker’s family on the city’s outskirts.—
Thomas Meaney,
New Yorker,
2 July 2025
Verb
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On that warm February night, a young man gazed at the stream of cars rolling down East Sixth Street.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Another picture showed McCaffrey gazing down at Colette in her bed.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
18 July 2025
Noun
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No gentleman’s agreement that Gibbs-White can move on in the future.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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Daryl McCormack — seen in films like Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and the upcoming Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — will embody the role of the charming gentleman for the show.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
30 July 2025
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Losing patience with Putin, Trump has accused his Russian counterpart of being open to a ceasefire during private conversations, only to carry out attacks on Ukraine afterward.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
28 July 2025
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Those traits are evident now in his younger counterpart.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
Verb
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That meant the audience stared, entranced, at a stage filled with string musicians and an upright bass player, with drummer Brian Chase in the back and guitarist Nick Zinner mostly playing acoustic instruments.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
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Bryan stopped singing the chorus for a second and stared into the crowd before carrying on with the 2011 song, handling the slight interruption like a pro. Fans responded to the incident online.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Corporations can make political donations via political action committees, or PACs, or by having executives and employees make contributions in their personal capacities, according to Mark Jones, a political science fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 July 2025
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Elsewhere, fellow chipmakers Advanced Micro Devices and Club holding Broadcom were solidly higher, as earnings from the likes of Cadence Design Systems cast a positive due on the broader AI trade.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
29 July 2025
Verb
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As a passerby, your role will be to inflate the spectacle and gawk from the outside.—
Ramon Ramirez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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If your summer vacation plans include exploring sandstone canyons, watching wildlife or gawking at geothermal wonders, this may not be the year to do so at a national park.—
Ruffin Prevost,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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But in April, as dozens of her colleagues would soon find out for themselves, the UT Office of Sponsored Projects informed her the project was among several the federal government had terminated.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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In an email to her colleagues, Cabrera, a former immigration official, complained that the arrest team had an administrative warrant, not a judicial one.—
Daniel Bice,
jsonline.com,
30 July 2025
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“Peer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peer. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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