layman
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A nonscientific layman like me would think that the scientific community would already have mechanisms like this in place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
The need for O'Neill to explain the concessions in such layman terms speaks volumes.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
An entire subset of TikTok is titled “The Tea on Why Friendships End on Vacations,” where layman advisers explain why this is such a common issue.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2025
Perhaps anyone could guess as much, but what a layman might never know without Stanford’s book is that our busy roads severely circumscribe the territory cougars can roam, leading to isolation and inbreeding.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
A millionaire businessman and a prominent Catholic layman, Murray framed his position in stark moral terms.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Enormous companies use it to work faster, and their engineers know enough about code to use it more powerfully than laymen.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2026
Savvy AI companies or a forward-thinking law firm will then learn enough to replace lawyers with a $99-a-month online service to guide laymen through divorce, custody and many other disputes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
But to laymen — and not a few of those in uniform — the M-10 Booker presents an unmistakable profile.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
While the term is used by laymen as a catch-all for electronic music, techno has a distinctive sound defined by a “four on the floor” uniform, rhythmic beat pattern.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
Gopal had taught me that magicians never reveal the secrets of their trade to laymen.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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