laymen
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A courtroom is the worst imaginable place to settle that debate: two sets of paid experts giving speeches to 12 laymen, the edge going to whichever side’s client is more sympathetic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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
