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Recent Examples of avocational Again, avocational people being kind of ahead of the archaeological profession. Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024 The Club’s motto, ‘Weaving spiders, come not here,’ conveys the Club’s character and purpose as a social, avocational organization. Wire Services, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023 Scott Brady, an avocational archaeologist with the Friends of the State Archeologist (FOSA) will discuss archaeology and the history of the Pitkin Glass Works. Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022 Grandma, who’s something of a healer and avocational witchbuster—Ms. Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020 The photograph of this magnificent specimen is credited to Paul Popenoe, a jack-of-all-trades avocational scientist, who at that time worked with his younger brother Wilson Popenoe. Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 13 June 2020 Further evidence for the connection between art and sound came from Steven J. Waller, a biochemist and avocational archaeologist from California. Douglas Starr, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avocational
amateur
Adjective
  • The novel dials up the danger for the group of amateur detectives when an old friend from Elizabeth's (played by Mirren in The Thursday Murder Club movie) spy days comes back from her past.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Szczerek is an amateur tennis player and competes in a local tennis league in Poland, The Times reported.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Avocational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avocational. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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