amateur
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“He was truly the last amateur to win the Cup.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
It started out as an idyllic trip, with 59 crew attending to the 88 passengers -- most of them amateur birdwatchers aged 60 and up, Cenet, who is 35, told AFP in an interview.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
These discs can grow and fade over time, causing changes in brightness that continue to attract amateur astronomers today.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
The WNO formed during the Second World War, with 60 amateur singers from across south Wales including miners, teachers, railway workers and even a butcher coming together.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Mantell was a lanky assemblage of shortcomings–he was vain, self-absorbed, priggish, neglectful of his family–but never was there a more devoted amateur paleontologist.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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