layperson

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He explains why in terms a layperson can understand: “Trains suck up leaves under the wheels and you get black surface on the wheels and if it’s wet it gets really slippery.”

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2024

“I’m just a layperson, one of hundreds of millions in this country, watching scary, extreme weather become the new normal,” she explained in an email.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Today, you can still participate in ascetic acts—like firewalking, climbing a sword ladder in bare feet, and cold endurance—as a layperson at festivals, temples, or sacred sites.

From National Geographic • Jan. 19, 2024

The average layperson — even most scientists — don’t have the time or expertise to judge the validity of all the cited papers.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Prepared by the Presidents Advisory Committee on Science in March 1958 as a primer on spaceflight, the brochure laid out the scientific principles of travel beyond the Earth’s atmosphere in terms a layperson could understand.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly