1
as in deputy
a person who acts or does business for another
talked to the count's attorney about buying land from his estate
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as in lawyer
a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations
finished law school and became an attorney
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Recent Examples of attorney
Newsweek has contacted the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP, as well as the man's attorney, for comment.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
His attorney, Steve Haney, told The Athletic on Sunday that Beasley, who played for the Detroit Pistons last season, was a person of interest in the investigation but that no formal allegations had been made and no charges filed.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 July 2025
Meanwhile, Trump has granted clemencies and commutations to people who owe more than $1.3 billion in restitution money, combined, to victims of white collar crime, according to the former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer, who tallied the money using court records.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Merit Street is seeking an unspecified amount of damages, plus attorneys' fees.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 3 July 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
His attorney, Steve Haney, told The Athletic on Sunday that Beasley, who played for the Detroit Pistons last season, was a person of interest in the investigation but that no formal allegations had been made and no charges filed.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 July 2025
Meanwhile, Trump has granted clemencies and commutations to people who owe more than $1.3 billion in restitution money, combined, to victims of white collar crime, according to the former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer, who tallied the money using court records.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Merit Street is seeking an unspecified amount of damages, plus attorneys' fees.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attorney
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Eric Toms, supervisory deputy U.S. Marshal with the District of Boise, said the agency was receiving more tips from the public following the statement the task force released Sunday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 July 2025
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Smirnov and his first deputy, Alexei Dedov, were arrested in April 2025 by the Russian Interior Ministry on allegations of embezzlement of public money over contracts for the construction of fortifications in Kursk.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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However, the family's lawyers are now saying the police had records of his mental and physical state.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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The settlement, which took six years, calls for San Diego to pay $650,000 in legal fees to the plaintiffs’ lawyers.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 June 2025
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In 2016, some members of Xiaomi’s supply chain team displeased Samsung Electronics Co. representatives and the South Korean firm threatened to halt supply of its industry-leading AMOLED screens.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 July 2025
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One suspect believed to be the leader of the operation, who was identified as Y.S., described himself as a representative of Spain’s Sephardic community.—
Orge Castellano,
Sun Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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The proposal, titled New Business Item 39, was preliminarily adopted by union delegates at the 2025 Representative Assembly, which took place in Portland, Oregon, on July 5.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
10 July 2025
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The date of death and the following day of a United States senator, representative, territorial delegate, or the resident commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
9 July 2025
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At least two of the agents are reportedly appealing the move.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
10 July 2025
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Ian Pulver, Miller’s agent, credited Drury for how the GM handled the situation.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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The manager is responsible for overseeing the operations and production of these areas.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
July 10,
Sacbee.com,
10 July 2025
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With no small amount of pride, property managers associated with Madison Equities led tours of the Degree of Honor building in 2021, showing off the former office building’s full-scale conversion into 78 housing units.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
10 July 2025
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In mid-June, the person contacted the ministers, a U.S. governor and a member of Congress via the Signal messaging app.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
9 July 2025
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Malaysia’s trade minister, Zafrul Aziz, said Wednesday that his country would not meet all of the U.S. requests after a Trump letter placed a 25% tariff on its goods.—
Josh Boak,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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“Attorney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attorney. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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