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as in representatives
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 lawyers
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 attorneys
Defense attorneys, meanwhile, argued the protesters actions were driven by humanitarian concerns, not criminal intent.
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2026
The two attorneys made a slew of arguments to defend their position, including that the pair of lawmakers did not have legal standing to bring a suit related to their official duties in the first place.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2026
Normally, after a high-profile incident involving a fatal shooting by an officer, attorneys from the criminal section fly out to the scene.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Rivera is being represented by the same legal team as Hernández, attorneys Jose Marxuach Fagot and Joanna Bocanegra.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
During Wednesday’s hearing, the judge approved a motion allowing defense attorneys for Cullum, Twombly and co-defendant Tifany Adams to access jail phone calls and text messages made by all five defendants in the case.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Of those judges, those who had prior DHS experience, including working as asylum officers and as attorneys for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, made up the largest share still on the bench.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
The town’s attorneys have had to make that case to several property owners in the utility’s service area already, basing their views on prior court cases from other Arizona towns.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Civil rights attorneys, including from the ACLU of Illinois and firm Loevy & Loevy, represented plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2026
The two attorneys made a slew of arguments to defend their position, including that the pair of lawmakers did not have legal standing to bring a suit related to their official duties in the first place.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2026
Normally, after a high-profile incident involving a fatal shooting by an officer, attorneys from the criminal section fly out to the scene.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Rivera is being represented by the same legal team as Hernández, attorneys Jose Marxuach Fagot and Joanna Bocanegra.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
During Wednesday’s hearing, the judge approved a motion allowing defense attorneys for Cullum, Twombly and co-defendant Tifany Adams to access jail phone calls and text messages made by all five defendants in the case.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Of those judges, those who had prior DHS experience, including working as asylum officers and as attorneys for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, made up the largest share still on the bench.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
The town’s attorneys have had to make that case to several property owners in the utility’s service area already, basing their views on prior court cases from other Arizona towns.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Civil rights attorneys, including from the ACLU of Illinois and firm Loevy & Loevy, represented plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attorneys
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At the time, representatives expressed both support and concern over the bill.—
Jennifer Mayerle,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for the actor and to Mediaplanet.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Jan. 2026
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West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is preparing for his team of lawyers to make their argument in front of the top court, a case defending the state's Save Women's Sports Act, which prohibits those who were assigned male at birth from playing on competitive female sports teams.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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His lawyers have asked the judge to hold an evidentiary hearing that could unfold like the dayslong hearing held last month in Mangione’s state case, where prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office laid out details of how Mangione’s arrest unfolded.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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The sheriff’s spokesperson said deputies found in the wagon 18 large strands of copper wire that belonged to the transit service, along with burglary tools used in these thefts.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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According to the criminal complaint, a 14-year-old girl told deputies July 28 that a man approached her at the pool in the 15000 block of Farnham Avenue North and made comments about wanting a girlfriend.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
15 Jan. 2026
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Lee was picked by county GOP delegates as the candidate for the seat that had been held since 2010 by fellow Republican Stephen Handy.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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At the Republican convention in mid-May at the Mohegan Sun casino, candidates need 15% of the convention delegates to qualify for the August primary.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
12 Jan. 2026
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Thousands of people took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to protest federal immigration activity after agents were involved in two different shootings this week, one that left a woman dead in Minneapolis and another that wounded two people in Portland, Oregon.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Some who marched carried signs of Good as well as others who have been killed by ICE agents or died while in ICE custody.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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But for now, California is in good shape in terms of water supply, experts and water managers say, and restrictions are unlikely this summer.—
Paiching Wei,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Financial managers were recognized as the second-best job, followed by IT managers.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
14 Jan. 2026
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Delcy Rodríguez is Venezuela’s new president, but the country’s powerful defense and interior ministers could decide the future of Chavismo — and the nation.—
Terrence McCoy,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Diosdado Cabello and Vladimir Padrino, two of Maduro’s most important ministers, have made a point of speaking publicly many times over the weekend.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Attorneys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attorneys. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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