peerless

adjective

peer·​less ˈpir-ləs How to pronounce peerless (audio)

Example Sentences

As an athlete he is peerless. the show's enduring success was a testimony to the peerless talents of its ensemble cast
Recent Examples on the Web Kirsten’s descent into dipsomania mandates a performance that at times has to be hard to watch, and O’Hara is not afraid to go there; there’s a fine actress to go along with that peerless voice. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 5 June 2023 With her fringed miniskirts, taut frame, flying hair and swagger — all shocking early on — and a peerless rock ‘n’ soul catalog, Turner honed a stage act that came to fill stadiums, drawing crowds exceeding those brought in by the likes of The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and Queen. Deborah Wilker, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023 On Saturday, the English monarch will be crowned with all the bunting and pageantry that has made the British royal family peerless masters in the fine art of pomp, with festivities that begin with a processional from Buckingham Palace. David Segal, New York Times, 1 May 2023 Factor in such recent Sire additions as Futureheads, The Distillers and Von Bondies, and Stein’s continuing influence as a peerless alternative-music talent scout and indie record label pioneer becomes even more pronounced. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023 That these performances have assumed their rightful place in the canon of television acting is a testament to Falco and Gandolfini’s peerless work as well as a reminder that both performers brought new reputability to the small screen, authenticating it as a working actor’s oasis. Hazlitt, 4 Jan. 2023 Now, following the sudden collapse and bankruptcy of FTX, which Bankman-Fried founded and turned into one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, there’s an outside chance that the more apt comparison might end up being to Bernard Madoff, the peerless Ponzi scheme perpetrator. Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2022 The big story here performance wise is the way its OLED technology allows each pixel in the image to produce its own light and colour, leading to a peerless local contrast performance and immaculately rich, deep black levels. John Archer, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023 The West’s managerial and democratic elite, of which Mr. Biden is a peerless example, may be feckless and short-sighted, and yet their societies go from strength to strength and don’t commit colossal errors (e.g., famines that kill tens of millions). Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2022 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of peerless was in the 14th century

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“Peerless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peerless. Accessed 20 Jun. 2023.

Kids Definition

peerless

adjective
peer·​less ˈpi(ə)r-ləs How to pronounce peerless (audio)
: having no equal
peerless beauty
peerlessly adverb
peerlessness noun

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