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peer review

American

noun

evaluation of a person's work or performance by a group of people in the same occupation, profession, or industry.

peer review British

noun

the evaluation by fellow specialists of research that someone has done in order to assess its suitability for publication or further development

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peer-reviewed

adjective

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peer reviews

plural

Etymology

Origin of peer review

First recorded in 1970–75

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Detailed reviews of the money spent in some of its undercover operations took as long as four and a half years to complete, according to a 2012 review by the Treasury Department’s inspector general.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2014

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