amateur

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She said their decision-making is “just as reckless as letting a group of amateur pilots dictate how our airplanes should fly.”

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

Like amateur detectives, we learn alongside them as they click around pages about Sumerian devils, Catholic saints and the origin of the nursery rhymes “London Bridge” and “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

There is growing concern among former amateur players about the scale of the potential issue.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Now there was a Reddit forum called WallStreetBets, where amateur retail investors banded together around highly volatile securities, turning quick and substantial profits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Although the majority of professional musicians were men, contemporary paintings show that a huge number of amateur musicians were women.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall