amateur
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As amateur bakers start planning their Thanksgiving pies, four chefs are training to become world champions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
The recent amateur can now compete as a pro bodybuilder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Fan fiction refers to stories written by amateur authors using characters and worlds from already-existing books, films or TV shows.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
She was active in amateur dramatics and encouraged her three sons to take part.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
It was the second half of summer, and the amateur falconers in Camelot were bringing their peregrines to the last stages of their training.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
After Littler had defeated 14 amateurs, some as young as 14, he was always going to have a tough task against 32-year-old Sherrock, a player who has won 21 times on the Women's PDC Series.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“He’s actually more suited to the pro game than the amateurs with the aluminum bats,” Fontaine told The Times after the draft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The exchanges include Kalshi, the prediction market whose bets on sports, elections and other events have exploded in popularity with both pros and amateurs alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
An old adage has it that strategy is for amateurs and logistics is for professionals.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
The amateurs never practiced more than about three hours a week over the course of their childhood, and by the age of twenty they had totaled two thousand hours of practice.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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