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amateur

[am-uh-choor, -cher, -ter, am-uh-tur] / ˈæm əˌtʃʊər, -tʃər, -tər, ˌæm əˈtɜr /


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It started out as an idyllic trip, with 59 crew attending to the 88 passengers -- most of them amateur birdwatchers aged 60 and up, Cenet, who is 35, told AFP in an interview.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

The fossil was discovered by an amateur collector in the Judith River Formation in Montana, a region known for preserving a rich record of a 75-million-year-old ecosystem.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

Its blockchain-based technology, however, allows amateur sleuths to spot suspicious trading activity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

“These are films that were made by amateur filmmakers with amateur crews,” Conor says, “and they only put out a few hundred copies.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Charles Darwin, too, of course, was an amateur not a professional scientist.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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