amateurs
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So the question is, how many needless penalty strokes do amateurs rack up that pros don’t, just because we have to find our own balls?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
The topic is the biggest flex—and source of stress—in Silicon Valley, where tech pros and amateurs are competing to see how much of their grunt work they can outsource to AI without things backfiring spectacularly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Welcome to the age of AI hacking, in which the right prompts make amateurs into master hackers.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Some observers may have called the burglars amateurs, but a source with knowledge of the probe said they were "not such bunglers after all".
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
They were huge eaters, but mere amateurs compared with Basil Stag Hare.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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