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layman

[ley-muhn] / ˈleɪ mən /


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What Mr. Ahamed withholds are the strong, respectable arguments to embrace, not to shun, the boogeyman that Federal Reserve economists style “deflation” but that a layman might rather recognize as human progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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

The fourth man identified at the meeting was former Member of Parliament Pavlo Unguryan, a layman who may be one of Ukraine’s most influential evangelical Christians.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2024

Only the art historian and the most interested layman can.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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