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Dental personnel can use these tools to magnify on the computer screen the problem areas so they can be pointed out to a layperson.
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Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
The fields of law and insurance are extremely complicated for the layperson, with documents full of terms and concepts that may as well be a foreign language to those unfamiliar with them.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
The average layperson knows Stewart for his notorious brawls with key basketball figures (like LeBron James).
—Mat Issa, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
To have a follower recount a feat of superhuman strength, or even an apparition, is hard for a layperson to fathom but has the advantage of having happened in the past and out of the view of nonbelievers.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2024
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Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
The fields of law and insurance are extremely complicated for the layperson, with documents full of terms and concepts that may as well be a foreign language to those unfamiliar with them.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
The average layperson knows Stewart for his notorious brawls with key basketball figures (like LeBron James).
—Mat Issa, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
To have a follower recount a feat of superhuman strength, or even an apparition, is hard for a layperson to fathom but has the advantage of having happened in the past and out of the view of nonbelievers.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Layperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layperson. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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