layperson

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David and Margaret meet in England in 1963, where David is a popular young priest and Margaret, though a layperson, is working at his side to teach theology to female seminarians.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The average layperson — and that includes some White House officials making policy decisions about scientific endeavors — has no idea about the effort required to put a satellite into space and keep it there.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

Where babies are harmed because of clinical negligence, the projected payouts can appear very sizable to the layperson.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

The math is mind-boggling in a layperson sort of way and down to fractions of days and minutes.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2024

Prepared by the Presidents Advisory Committee on Science in March 1958 as a primer on spaceflight, the brochure laid out the scientific principles of travel beyond the Earth’s atmosphere in terms a layperson could understand.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly