as in amateur
a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession
the discussion about investing was geared more to the layman than to the professional investor
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In layman’s terms: Prince William and Kate Middleton made over $30 million from March 2023 to March 2024.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 July 2024
In layman’s terms, that translates to two years of active duty, minimum, before the clock starts on a potential athletic career.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 June 2024
In layman’s terms, this means that the universe, instead of being a unity that encompasses all reality, is filled with separate multiverses or bubbles of reality, each believed to be the entire universe by its inhabitants.
—Sidney Perkowitz, JSTOR Daily, 5 June 2024
In laymen’s terms, Turks were not buying what the General Staff was selling, so the officers were forced to keep everyone in line through coercion.
—Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2016
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 July 2024
In layman’s terms, that translates to two years of active duty, minimum, before the clock starts on a potential athletic career.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 June 2024
In layman’s terms, this means that the universe, instead of being a unity that encompasses all reality, is filled with separate multiverses or bubbles of reality, each believed to be the entire universe by its inhabitants.
—Sidney Perkowitz, JSTOR Daily, 5 June 2024
In laymen’s terms, Turks were not buying what the General Staff was selling, so the officers were forced to keep everyone in line through coercion.
—Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2016
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“Layman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layman. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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