layman
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What Mr. Ahamed withholds are the strong, respectable arguments to embrace, not to shun, the boogeyman that Federal Reserve economists style “deflation” but that a layman might rather recognize as human progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
"Things are going to need replacing like his wheelchair and the van, they're big things to pay out for which are not what the layman needs," said his wife Anna.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
To the layman, a self-propelled howitzer looks like a tank, but it has a bigger, 155mm gun to fire at longer range.
From Salon ● May 19, 2024
But I’m just rambling on like the non-lawyer layman that I am, reflecting — I suspect — similar attitudes among numerous citizens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
In reality, there is no sharp break, no difference in kind, between the expert and the layman, only a difference in degree.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Priests as well as laymen view their religion as a liturgy celebrating Russia’s glorious history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
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
PredictIt data has been cited in dozens of academic papers, with implications for the burgeoning economic theory of “superforecasting,” which states that financially motivated laymen can predict events with greater accuracy than credentialed experts.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2022
As he often said: “When life gives you laymen, make laymen aid.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022
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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