peers
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Collins, praised among peers for his knowledge and dry wit, rarely spoke with the press and stuck to advancing the industry technologically—leaving programming and creative decisions to others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
"You look at your peers and friends and think when they start school surely they have to be potty-trained, so it puts a lot of extra pressure on you," she says.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Meta trades at a discount, with an 18x forecast 2027 earnings multiple versus 23x for peers, driven by AI-boosted ad revenue.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
A-list rock stars from Rage Against the Machine and underground peers like N8NOFACE have lauded them, and the fine art and film worlds have noticed too.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
And Nana is forcing me to be part of this germ-infested community where the people are called my peers only because we are the same age.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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