Examples of lay reader in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Troy’s portrait of White House rivalries is essential reading for political junkies and lay readers alike. — David Mark, Washington Examiner, "Book review: Teammates in name only," 8 Mar. 2020 But soon after, lay readers like Marjorie Rice, a San Diego housewife with a high school math education, discovered new tessellating pentagon families beyond those known to Kershner. — Quanta Magazine, "Pentagon Tiling Proof Solves Century-Old Math Problem," 11 July 2017 Both the academic and lay reader will appreciate how, in shattering the simplistic Enlightenment account of Newton, the book reveals the flexibility of the great man’s capacious mind. — David Davis, WSJ, "Newton the Faithful," 4 Aug. 2017

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