layman
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His voice throughout is that of a well-informed, open-minded layman who, almost by the way, is a natural storyteller.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
The need for O'Neill to explain the concessions in such layman terms speaks volumes.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025
“To me, as a layman and a couch athlete, the ability to throw a ball at 100 mph and then go out and hit three home runs?”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
An entire subset of TikTok is titled “The Tea on Why Friendships End on Vacations,” where layman advisers explain why this is such a common issue.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2025
Only the art historian and the most interested layman can.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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