peers

Example Sentences

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Chief executive Frank Young says parents are caught between handing a device to their child which they know is likely to be harmful, or excluding them from their peers.

From BBC

A man previously obscured by the Daily Telegraph peers slightly over the newspaper.

From Literature

Leadbeater has said the majority of peers back her proposals but that a small group of opponents were trying to talk the bill out, also known as filibustering.

From BBC

Speaking to the BBC in Shanghai, Sir Keir said a travel ban and other sanctions "no longer apply" to those parliamentarians, which includes four Conservative MPs and two peers in the House of Lords.

From BBC

The stock moved even higher on Jan. 28, when a raft of earnings served as a reassuring signal to Micron and its peers in the memory-chip and data-storage markets.

From Barron's