nontechnical
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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SpaceX’s compensation philosophy historically favored equity over cash salaries, so this windfall extends well beyond executives and engineers to include nontechnical staff, entry-level workers and even cafeteria employees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Even the nontechnical departments are using agents to handle multistep tasks across applications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Coinbase’s recent announcement made some social-media users wonder if it was actually a good thing for nontechnical staffers to dabble in coding, even with AI assistance.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
The target market for these tools is simply “anyone who needs to do work on their computer,” said Felix Rieseberg, the engineering lead for Cowork, Anthropic’s new feature designed for nontechnical tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
Appreciating the treelike nature of a text can also help you understand one of the few devices available in nontechnical prose to visually mark the structure of discourse: the paragraph break.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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