amateur
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Locating the crater involved cooperation among professional researchers and amateur observers around the world.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
I was reminded of the reality TV show “Nailed It!,” in which amateur bakers fail spectacularly to reproduce complex cakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
When bird feeders open for business, as every amateur naturalist quickly learns, other critters often show up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The short, dramatic flash it created would have been hard to catch by amateur astronomers even with high-end telescopes, but larger observatories in the Americas are analysing the information.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
There were amateur sailing prints on the walls and on the shelves Petoskey stones, pinecones, musty paperbacks.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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
Court won 13 of her 24 Grand Slams before the Open Era began in 1968; before that, only amateurs were allowed to compete in Grand Slam tournaments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
He noted that Hezbollah operators were still relative amateurs compared with Russians and Ukrainians but Israel’s defenses fall well short of what’s required to combat them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
As with the search for extraterrestrial life today, the unbridled speculation of amateurs had frightened many professionals out of the field.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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