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Recent Examples of nontechnical
Create your own opportunities by participating in IEEE technical and nontechnical events and getting involved with the organization’s student service-learning program, EPICS in IEEE.
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2025
Yet the nonprofit appears to be concealing this from visitors to its website, where a search function, the only nontechnical tool for seeing what’s in Common Crawl’s archives, returns misleading results for certain domains.
—Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Both companies sell services aimed at developers and at nontechnical workers.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2025
This could be your skill with data visualization, your ability to lead seamless project launches, or your knack for simplifying very technical information for nontechnical teams.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2025
Yet the nonprofit appears to be concealing this from visitors to its website, where a search function, the only nontechnical tool for seeing what’s in Common Crawl’s archives, returns misleading results for certain domains.
—Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Both companies sell services aimed at developers and at nontechnical workers.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2025
This could be your skill with data visualization, your ability to lead seamless project launches, or your knack for simplifying very technical information for nontechnical teams.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nontechnical
Adjective
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And there is a general lack of a clear approach.—
Philipp Lahm,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Major rainfall in December and early February created ideal breeding conditions, said Susanne Kluh, general manager for the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Its findings thus far, though, have been oddly untechnical.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
16 Dec. 2022
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There is something in him that deeply resonates with us, something completely untechnical, unstylized, and unformalized.—
Michael LaPointe,
The New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2022
Adjective
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Medical professional societies hold varying, relatively nonspecific opinions on how often people should eat deli meat.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
21 Jan. 2026
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Universal Friend adopted the name, uniform, and grooming of a nonspecific gender.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In this new era of stakeholder management, however, broad frameworks, generalized commitments, and aspirational language are obsolete.—
Martin Whittaker,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Despite the prevalence of these diseases, Geisler notes that two patients may share the same diagnosis yet arrive there through entirely different biological and lifestyle pathways, making generalized treatment insufficient.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The sheriff’s department specifically requested footage that includes cars, traffic, people or pedestrians, or anything that feels out of the ordinary or important.—
Randi Kaye,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Slater’s former top deputy, who also left the Justice Department, publicly warned that antitrust decisions are being influenced by corporate lobbyists — not in the interest of ordinary Americans.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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And Democrats have maintained a healthy lead in the generic ballot.—
Justin Papp,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2026
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The lyrics string together repetitive and mostly generic metaphors comparing love to death and commitment to confinement.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Nontechnical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nontechnical. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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