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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for layperson
layman
Noun
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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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The Papal Gentlemen—laymen who attend to the Pope’s private needs and aid in his displays of hospitality and diplomacy—acted as pallbearers in black suits, carrying the unadorned wooden casket that held Francis’s body.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Layperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layperson. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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