laypeople

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These laypeople looking at the numbers often tout the “2.5 times” rule, suggesting box office revenue needs to be 2.5 times greater than the budget for a movie to break even.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The people this term doesn’t include are those—often self-diagnosed laypeople or the patients of anti-scientific practitioners—who believe that they have insidious Lyme infections missed by blood tests and persistent beyond any normal antibiotic treatment.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

Like most laypeople, you’re not in an authoritative position to judge the accuracy and thoroughness of your estate-planning documents.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 6, 2025

When scientists discovered water and a chemical compound common in RNA on a rock from the asteroid Ryugu, astronomy fans and laypeople alike held their collective breath for the chance of extraterrestrial life.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2024

Today, China appears politically, culturally, and linguistically monolithic, at least to laypeople.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond