hobbyist
Example Sentences
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“That’s the nice thing about our particular clientele. We get the hobbyists, so people who don’t know jack, and then you have the hardcore scientists,” he said.
From Seattle Times
The students lined up sheets of paper, pencils and rulers on paint-splattered tables, like the tens of thousands of other novices, hobbyists and aspiring artists who’ve flocked to Gage’s Capitol Hill headquarters over the years.
From Seattle Times
Instead, the focus was on the doors that AI can open for independent filmmakers and hobbyists.
From Los Angeles Times
That, in fact, is how gun manufacturers have promoted the rifle, not as a tool for hobbyists and sportsmen, but as a lifestyle accessory that stands for freedom, individualism and masculine self-sufficiency.
From Seattle Times
He turned to citizen scientists for help, including a hobbyist whose bred 21 generations of glow worms over 14 years at his home in Germany.
From BBC
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