peer review
noun
: a process by which something proposed (as for research or publication) is evaluated by a group of experts in the appropriate field
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Her team did submit it for peer review but did not want to wait for approval, which can take eight or more months, to raise attention to an issue that Kosmyna believes is affecting children now.
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Andrew R. Chow, Time, 17 June 2025
In another study—currently a preprint awaiting peer review—by the same team, models show that, just over 200 million years after the Big Bang, in the ruins of the very first stars, planets were piecing themselves together around a second generation of stellar furnaces.
—Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
The study has not yet been published in a medical journal or gone through independent peer review.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 June 2025
The results, which are under peer review, were both striking and sobering.
—Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
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Andrew R. Chow, Time, 17 June 2025
In another study—currently a preprint awaiting peer review—by the same team, models show that, just over 200 million years after the Big Bang, in the ruins of the very first stars, planets were piecing themselves together around a second generation of stellar furnaces.
—Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
The study has not yet been published in a medical journal or gone through independent peer review.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 June 2025
The results, which are under peer review, were both striking and sobering.
—Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for peer review
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“Peer review.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peer%20review. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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