nontechnical
Britishadjective
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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 social-media company let go of its chief marketing officer and more than 20 staffers in nontechnical roles that were seen as duplicative.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
The nontechnical side of organizations are just talking about it as a text-based system that gives answers.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023
The grid, through a combination of technical and nontechnical issues, loses almost half the load in delivery.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023
Out of all those interests grew my most recent book, a nontechnical account of human evolution entitled The Third Chimpanzee.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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