amateur

The trouble with becoming an amateur food-safety inspector is that the job is never quite finished.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

A new generation of individual investors discovered the markets during the post-Covid rally, and by early 2021 many amateur traders were pushing into more complicated, and often riskier, bets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Chisora's news conference was hosted by the IBA, the body that was stripped of its status as amateur boxing's governing body by the International Olympic Committee in 2023 and has since been staging professional bouts.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

"It's absolutely heartbreaking. It really is emotionally devastating, because it's utter despair: no more lake," said amateur local historian David Favre, who lives in the Swiss village of Les Brenets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The amateur tattoo artist who gave her the first star in her galaxy.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds

“He’s actually more suited to the pro game than the amateurs with the aluminum bats,” Fontaine told The Times after the draft.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Forward Exauce Luyindula was the division's top scorer for renowned amateurs AAS Sarcelles - where Riyad Mahrez played until he was 18 - and has since joined Ligue 2 Guingamp.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

An old adage has it that strategy is for amateurs and logistics is for professionals.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

The actors, seasoned veterans as well as young amateurs, go through their lines and movements one last time before the curtain rises at the Wole Soyinka Theatre at the University of Ibadan, in southwest Nigeria.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

The amateurs never practiced more than about three hours a week over the course of their childhood, and by the age of twenty they had totaled two thousand hours of practice.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell