as in only
having no equal or rival for excellence or desirability
the show's enduring success was a testimony to the peerless talents of its ensemble cast
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Recent Examples of peerless
The peerless ensemble around Rhys consists of old comedy friends of Dippold’s, like Hiller and Neil Casey, as well as veteran character actors including Dickey, Stephen Root and Kevin Carroll.
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David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
Prince the drum programmer was peerless during this period.
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Ahmir “questlove” Thompson,
VIBE.com,
7 June 2026
His sense of crafting anecdotes into top-tier material and knowing how to use his sweet-molasses pacing to calmly detonate a joke is damn near peerless.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
Zuccarello, 38, is a skilled skater with great hands and peerless vision.
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John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
20 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for peerless
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
Prince the drum programmer was peerless during this period.
—
Ahmir “questlove” Thompson,
VIBE.com,
7 June 2026
His sense of crafting anecdotes into top-tier material and knowing how to use his sweet-molasses pacing to calmly detonate a joke is damn near peerless.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
Zuccarello, 38, is a skilled skater with great hands and peerless vision.
—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
20 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for peerless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peerless
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Built in 1962, architect Eero Saarinen’s former Trans World Airlines terminal is the only on-airport hotel at JFK.
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This time, the only person booed was Mets outfielder Juan Soto.
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And with such excellent transit, there can be much greater housing density.
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His group stage has been consistently excellent without announcing itself — the kind of contribution that shows up in the table rather than the highlights.
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To start, Lendeborg is an exceptional passer who can run point from the forward position.
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Collectors are competing for works with scarcity, exceptional provenance, and a clear place in art history.
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This year’s celebration comes on the heels of a late June warehouse fire in Boyle Heights that released extraordinary amounts of soot and smoke across the county, on par with pollution generated by the previous year’s wildfires.
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These were moments of extraordinary dissent against the British government by American colonists.
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It is generally agreed that Helen, the woman of matchless beauty who indirectly caused the Trojan War by eloping with (or being abducted by) the Trojan prince Paris, belongs to the realm of fiction and not fact, as do Achilles and other mythological figures.
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Rosemary’s Baby is still matchless for sheer psychological terror, but don’t let Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes’s Satanic neighbors ruin New York City for you.
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Gen Z, raised with unparalleled access to technology, has pushed back harder against what many call brain rot, looking for tactile, screen-free time together.
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While agile new companies can offer top AI thinkers massive equity upside, Hassabis’s confidence is rooted in Google’s structural advantages, including its unparalleled ecosystem of data, integrated hardware, and sheer computing power.
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“Peerless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peerless. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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