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Recent Examples of layperson
This reasonableness standard is what a city, state, or federal agency would assess when deciding whether to indict an agent for any criminal activity, and it’s evaluated from the perspective of a law enforcement official, not a layperson, German explains.
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Lila Hassan, Wired News, 15 Jan. 2026
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
Why OpenAI wants massive computing power The kind of numbers OpenAI and friends throw around—10 gigawatts here, $500 billion there—are somewhat staggering and mind-boggling in scope for the layperson who might not be familiar with the massive scale of Internet infrastructure.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
In layperson’s terms, a will is a legal document that dictates where your assets will be distributed upon your death.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
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Lila Hassan, Wired News, 15 Jan. 2026
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
Why OpenAI wants massive computing power The kind of numbers OpenAI and friends throw around—10 gigawatts here, $500 billion there—are somewhat staggering and mind-boggling in scope for the layperson who might not be familiar with the massive scale of Internet infrastructure.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
In layperson’s terms, a will is a legal document that dictates where your assets will be distributed upon your death.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for layperson
layman
Noun
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What may shock the layman, though, is that all three of those schools also have strong baseball programs as well.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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Some prominent conservative Catholic laymen, like Fox News host Sean Hannity, have risen to Trump’s defense.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Layperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layperson. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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