as in attorney
a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations
their lawyers told them that they couldn't use the park for the concert without permission from the city
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Recent Examples of lawyer
According to Bill Gates, not even doctors and lawyers are safe from AI replacement.
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Brendan Steinhauser, New York Daily News, 16 June 2025
His lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
The 12-person panel began discussing Read’s fate Friday, June 13, for about two hours, after lawyers finished delivering closing arguments in the eight-week-long murder retrial.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Marx has not yet entered a plea to the charges against her and does not have a lawyer listed on her docket at this time.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 16 June 2025
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Brendan Steinhauser, New York Daily News, 16 June 2025
His lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
The 12-person panel began discussing Read’s fate Friday, June 13, for about two hours, after lawyers finished delivering closing arguments in the eight-week-long murder retrial.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Marx has not yet entered a plea to the charges against her and does not have a lawyer listed on her docket at this time.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawyer
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At the hearing, the attorneys were supposed to be prepared to address a trial setting, a cutoff date for disclosing expert witnesses, a schedule for preparing the case for trial, any issues to be addressed by the judge and the status of any settlement negotiations.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2025
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The foreperson had spoken privately with Judge Farber and the attorneys about the situation earlier on Wednesday.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
12 June 2025
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Many prominent advocates for excluding transgender girls from sports praised Dhillon’s actions last week as a bold move to protect cisgender girls from unfair competition.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Many advocates for homeless people argue that the encroachment law and camping ban end up criminalizing poverty, especially because the region’s shelter system has nowhere near enough space for everybody asking for beds.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2025
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In 2019, the General Assembly passed a bill censoring the speech of counselors who discuss gender identity.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2025
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Interviews were requested with White House senior advisers Mike Donilon and Anita Dunn, former White House chief of staff Ron Klain, former deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed and Steve Ricchetti, a former counselor to the president.—
Matt Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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“Lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawyer. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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