lay reader

Examples of lay reader in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web An Accessible Writer Professor Kahneman propagated his findings with an appealing writing style, using illustrative vignettes with which even lay readers could engage. Robert D. Hershey Jr., New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024 In this elegant volume, equally valuable to specialists and lay readers, two lifelong scholars of First Amendment jurisprudence gather an array of experts to explore the problems presented by digital technology and their possible solutions. Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022 Graeber had mastered the art of pulling new research out of his home field and contextualizing it for the lay reader. Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023 Willingham has the gift, not always common among academics and scholars, of speaking clearly and plainly to the lay reader. Peter Greene, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022 To a lay reader, Olson’s story hovers between narcissism and fabulism by way of some crass stereotyping. Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019 Her portrayals provide the lay reader with an anthropomorphic compass by which to better navigate the biology. Eugenia Bone, WSJ, 7 May 2021 Troy’s portrait of White House rivalries is essential reading for political junkies and lay readers alike. David Mark, Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2020 But soon after, lay readers like Marjorie Rice, a San Diego housewife with a high school math education, discovered new tessellating pentagon families beyond those known to Kershner. Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lay reader
Noun
  • In layman’s terms, with the hair follicle destroyed, hair cannot grow.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The second event — explained in layman’s terms — is when a tiny bit of the sun, plasma and magnetic fields, is ejected.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Changing World, Changing Role Not so long ago, before cyberspace existed (at least to the layperson), marketing was a 20th-century professional discipline that relied on channels such as print, television and radio.
    Mike Maynard, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Making naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdose that’s commonly known as Narcan, more widely available has been part of concentrated efforts to increase layperson intervention.
    Sam Tupper, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Pope Francis, though, changed canon law to allow women to serve as acolytes and lectors — laypeople who perform functions such as setting up the altar and reading the Bible.
    John Blake, CNN, 15 July 2024
  • While continuing to affirm that women cannot be priests, the move was a gamechanger for women in dioceses that had adhered strictly to previous wording regarding acolyte and lector positions and barred women from such roles.
    Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
Noun
  • There was a change of heart among the secular nationalists during the second intifada—which started in 2000 and ended in 2005—in which seculars also joined forces.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Once the dominant force in Israeli politics, the Israeli secular left has been in decline for decades.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022

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“Lay reader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lay%20reader. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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