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
Pathways to Citizenship recently recognized Caroline Wang, a senior at the University of California, San Diego, as Volunteer of the Month for her work supporting pro bono and low cost legal services for immigrant families across San Diego County.
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
The Brewers have an advocate working for them pro bono to appeal their Medicaid application denial.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
The measure also authorizes the city's attorneys and solicitor to volunteer their time on a pro bono basis to represent residents who are involved in immigration cases.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
After hearing about Caudill’s struggle to find a new lawyer, Mavrick offered his services pro bono in August.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
The Brewers have an advocate working for them pro bono to appeal their Medicaid application denial.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
The measure also authorizes the city's attorneys and solicitor to volunteer their time on a pro bono basis to represent residents who are involved in immigration cases.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
After hearing about Caudill’s struggle to find a new lawyer, Mavrick offered his services pro bono in August.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pro bono
Adjective
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Because a present that is over $100, Miss Manner assures you, is indeed meant for a wedding and not a shower, whose gifts are supposed to be more nominal.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
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In an alternative scenario, the cap would stay fixed in nominal dollar terms, in our examples at $100,000 or $70,000 sans bumps for the CPI, for 20 or 30 years, and after those intervals grow in tandem with wages.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Does a user keep expressing linguistic markers throughout a given conversation?—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Give every incoming player free agency.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Moon broke free and one-timed a bouncing ball into the net for the equalizer.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Pro bono.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pro%20bono. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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