neophyte
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But she has puzzled government officials across the region with her persistent promotion of a specific Greek company—and her extensive efforts to involve Marafatsos, a neophyte in both diplomacy and energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The race immediately became a test of whether Trump’s backing could help Graham, a political neophyte known to voters only because of her last name, win a primary election in the deep-red state.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Carney tore up the rulebook, jumping from political neophyte to leading a G7 nation, and he is enjoying a lengthy honeymoon both in Canada and around the world as a globetrotting prime minister.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
Unlike, say, Illinois or New Jersey, which elected billionaire neophyte JB Pritzker and multimillionaire Frank Lautenberg, as, respectively, governor and U.S. senator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
Although neophyte writers may repeat a simple sentence structure to the point of inanity, most writers go to the opposite extreme and vary their syntax capriciously.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Key to their transformation has been the crypto sector, where they were all neophytes a few years ago, but now run businesses that raised billions of dollars from investors before the market turned sour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
So we figured that even as total neophytes, there was a chance we could make a coin that would go to the moon.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025
They saved money by hiring neophytes and then letting them go once they got enough experience to demand a larger salary.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2024
The campaign started as an unlikely bid for two political neophytes trying to get the area to elect a Latino for the first time.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
We have picked out our old favorites, and have carried the neophytes before them, saying, "I saw this, dear, before you were born."
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
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