amateur

After initially signing with the Angels organization as a teenage international free agent in 2013, Yan eventually spent several years out of affiliated baseball, playing for semipro and amateur teams while also working odd jobs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Recent examples include OpenAI’s disproof of the unit distance conjecture, and the proof of Erdős’ problem 1196 by Liam Price, a 23-year-old amateur mathematician.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 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

The paper authors encouraged both professional and amateur astronomers to attempt viewing or recording the collision.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

This mission was too important to trust to an amateur.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

William rode alongside top professional players and keen amateurs at the Guards Polo Club in Windsor Great Park.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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

Surely, the inventors of the game had won 10-0—not lost to a bunch of relative amateurs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Now even amateurs are finding supernovae with charge-coupled devices.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson