amateurs

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The so-called secondary draft, which was discontinued six years later, was specifically targeted toward winter high school graduates, junior college players, college dropouts and amateurs who had been previously drafted but did not sign.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Sure, there are a few amateurs with metal detectors willing to give it a crack when a destination wedding takes a disastrous turn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

In Silicon Valley, tech pros and amateurs are competing to see how many tasks they can outsource to AI without things backfiring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

But when unpaid amateurs climb together, things becomes murkier.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Luis Alvarez, who was privileged to serve as a protege of both Loomis and Lawrence, called him “the last of the great amateurs of science.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik