layperson

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Recent Examples of layperson And again, there were a lot of medical professionals, or at least those who were trained to be there at the marathon, and laypersons, too, who just knew what to do, who placed tourniquets on immediately. Maria Fontoura, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025 The layperson tends to assume that a precise and fully calculable means exists to produce a mental health diagnosis to an ironclad nth degree. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 To the layperson, this wall would appear essentially blank and completely devoid of hand or footholds. Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 11 Apr. 2025 With minimal time and a layperson’s knowledge of accounting and investing, many people would welcome new, more sophisticated technology tools to help smooth essential transactions and facilitate smarter financial decisions. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for layperson
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layman
Noun
  • India’s lower batting order stunk the place out in layman’s terms - a crucial difference between winning and losing.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • The immaculate print appeared to this layman’s eye to look about as sharp as contemporary digital Imax, but with the celluloid origins and print adding additional richness.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025

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“Layperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layperson. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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