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Recent Examples of lay reader
An Accessible Writer Professor Kahneman propagated his findings with an appealing writing style, using illustrative vignettes with which even lay readers could engage.
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Robert D. Hershey Jr., New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Graeber had mastered the art of pulling new research out of his home field and contextualizing it for the lay reader.
—Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
Willingham has the gift, not always common among academics and scholars, of speaking clearly and plainly to the lay reader.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
In this elegant volume, equally valuable to specialists and lay readers, two lifelong scholars of First Amendment jurisprudence gather an array of experts to explore the problems presented by digital technology and their possible solutions.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
Her portrayals provide the lay reader with an anthropomorphic compass by which to better navigate the biology.
—Eugenia Bone, WSJ, 7 May 2021
Troy’s portrait of White House rivalries is essential reading for political junkies and lay readers alike.
—David Mark, Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2020
To a lay reader, Olson’s story hovers between narcissism and fabulism by way of some crass stereotyping.
—Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
Robert D. Hershey Jr., New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Graeber had mastered the art of pulling new research out of his home field and contextualizing it for the lay reader.
—Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
Willingham has the gift, not always common among academics and scholars, of speaking clearly and plainly to the lay reader.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
In this elegant volume, equally valuable to specialists and lay readers, two lifelong scholars of First Amendment jurisprudence gather an array of experts to explore the problems presented by digital technology and their possible solutions.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
Her portrayals provide the lay reader with an anthropomorphic compass by which to better navigate the biology.
—Eugenia Bone, WSJ, 7 May 2021
Troy’s portrait of White House rivalries is essential reading for political junkies and lay readers alike.
—David Mark, Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2020
To a lay reader, Olson’s story hovers between narcissism and fabulism by way of some crass stereotyping.
—Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lay reader
Noun
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From my layman’s perspective, this seemed promising, plus the attorney seemed invested.—
Jasper Craven,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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That's very hard to explain for the layman or the professional.—
Pamela Avila,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This is consistent with real-world statistics, where people of color and women who experience cardiac arrest outside the hospital are less likely to receive CPR from a layperson.—
Beth Hoffman,
The Conversation,
12 Jan. 2026
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Both Boyd and Sereno say that some of the terminology in their field could confuse a layperson.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
1 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Pope Francis’s initiatives included: Spiritus Domini (2021), which formally allowed women to serve as lectors and acolytes in Canon Law.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
30 Nov. 2025
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Eggar was active as a lector/lay minister at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills and at Saint Francis de Sales Parish in Sherman Oaks, leading weekly meditations until the pandemic.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There was a change of heart among the secular nationalists during the second intifada—which started in 2000 and ended in 2005—in which seculars also joined forces.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2023
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His selection of works, for example, mixed the sacred with the secular, interspersing chorale preludes (which use Lutheran hymns as their point of departure) with the six trio sonatas for organ.—
Luke Schulze,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Dec. 2022
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“Lay reader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lay%20reader. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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