layman

"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

His voice throughout is that of a well-informed, open-minded layman who, almost by the way, is a natural storyteller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

The fourth man identified at the meeting was former Member of Parliament Pavlo Unguryan, a layman who may be one of Ukraine’s most influential evangelical Christians.

From Salon ● Apr. 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

I guess I should explain how Mars missions work, for any layman who may be reading this.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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

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

“It’d be something that’d be a little more formalized,” Ortiz said when asked whether he could envision a future where more laymen were granted passage into the college football tape repository.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2022

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

Gopal had taught me that magicians never reveal the secrets of their trade to laymen.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg