amateur
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And he only had four years of Nippon Professional Baseball experience before deciding to leave Japan, posting early and signing as an international amateur free agent last year, as Shohei Ohtani did in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
There’s a reason Musk bought Twitter, a reason Pratt talks the way he does about statistics, and a reason amateur creators blow so much money on their A.I. bills.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Shady Bets: Online sleuthing helped catch the “Google insider” on Polymarket after amateur observers spotted suspicious trades on the crypto-based betting platform.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
According to the Farmers Weekly magazine, Kinston was a "talented amateur inventor".
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Charles Darwin, too, of course, was an amateur not a professional scientist.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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