as in nominal
law
involving or doing legal work at no cost to the client
pro bono work a pro bono case
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Recent Examples of pro bono
Meanwhile, Trump said on Friday that the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom struck a deal to avoid one of his executive orders by providing $100 million in pro bono work during the Trump administration -- among other guarantees.
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Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2025
Gottfried, a pro bono specialist at a law firm, defeated Republican candidate Paul Wikstrom, an engineer manager and instructor pilot, for Minnesota House seat 40B, which includes portions of Shoreview and Roseville.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
Offer to deliver pro bono speaking gigs in the local community at a physical location (like the library or a civic organization) or virtually within your expertise (for a specific association or alumni organization).
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The president late last month signed a memo suspending security clearances at the law firm Covington & Burling, which provided pro bono legal services to former special counsel Jack Smith in his personal capacity.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 6 Mar. 2025
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Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2025
Gottfried, a pro bono specialist at a law firm, defeated Republican candidate Paul Wikstrom, an engineer manager and instructor pilot, for Minnesota House seat 40B, which includes portions of Shoreview and Roseville.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
Offer to deliver pro bono speaking gigs in the local community at a physical location (like the library or a civic organization) or virtually within your expertise (for a specific association or alumni organization).
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The president late last month signed a memo suspending security clearances at the law firm Covington & Burling, which provided pro bono legal services to former special counsel Jack Smith in his personal capacity.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pro bono
Adjective
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Some combination of bad staff work and bad judgment on her part led Whitmer to be used as a political prop who lent some nominal bipartisanship to an episode that Democrats would very much like Trump to have sole ownership of.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
11 Apr. 2025
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Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders are nominal political outsiders, regular critics of the Democratic establishment and proud progressives who are beloved by leftwing base voters — qualities that have advantages in today’s political environment.—
David M. Drucker,
Boston Herald,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Bing, for its part, went off the rails early on, prompting Microsoft to scale back both its personality and the number of questions users could ask it in a given conversation.—
Will Oremus,
Washington Post,
5 June 2023
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At any given moment, 2 million to 10 million Ukrainians have been living in freezing temperatures without electricity.—
Maham Javaid,
Washington Post,
22 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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The problem for the Ducks is that free agency looks to be a depressed market after Mitch Marner, and that’s if the Toronto Maple Leafs star makes it to July 1.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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All three services have free tiers with similar features, though RingCentral Video supports slightly longer meetings.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Pro bono.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pro%20bono. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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