Thesaurus results for ATTORNEYS

attorneys

noun

plural of attorney

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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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 In a court filing last month, Pike's attorneys said her veins may have ruptured before she was injected with pentobarbital. — CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026 Attendees connected Tuesday with more than 30 resources available, including healthcare, disability claim assistance and on-site processing, attorneys, employment and education opportunities, free wigs and financial resources. — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026 Standard procedure, according to immigration attorneys, has been for families who received court appearance notices to appear at their local immigration court. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026 Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty said last week that city attorneys warned such a policy could be viewed as interfering with federal enforcement and expose officials to arrest. — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026 The case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought again, and both sides will cover their own costs and attorneys’ fees. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2026 He was also accused of making crude remarks to a group of female attorneys while in chambers. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026 Before testifying, Williamson was asked by Ouellette’s attorneys to examine a gray hooded sweatshirt that was worn by Ringquist. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026 That man, Justin Brigham, is scheduled to appear in court next month; his hearings have been perpetually delayed as attorneys’ investigations into his case continue. — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2026

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The session in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, brought the first direct discussions between Ukrainian and Russian representatives in nine months as the push for a settlement stalled.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2026
The discussions followed two days of negotiations involving Russian, Ukrainian and American representatives in Abu Dhabi.

— Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of representatives

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Armies of lawyers and volunteers for both sides continued to monitor the vote count across the state's 82 counties.

— Gregory S. Schneider The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
A week after Griswold was elected as the next Attorney General, her team of lawyers from the Attorney General's Office was back in court to determine whether more efforts need to be made to obtain them.

— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of lawyers

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The Monterey County Sheriff's Office said in a press release that deputies and detectives responded to a shooting along Jetty Road in Moss Landing shortly after midnight.

— Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Local law enforcement officers and sheriff’s deputies will also be available to respond to any issues that arise, the release said.

— Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of deputies

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The final texts of those agreements didn’t even mention fuels; at COP28 in Dubai, delegates agreed to transition away from fossil fuels.

— Suzan Fraser, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
More than 750 Australian and international delegates attended AIDC’s 2026 edition.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of delegates

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The call came as the district pressed for better coordination after ICE agents in late October were spotted near Ethel Phillips Elementary, causing concern among students and families during after school pickup.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Vargas and the other California Representatives who wrote to DHS said that video footage from the incident appeared to show the 8-yeard-old being restrained by federal agents.

— Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of agents

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The source must be reliable, in a position to have accurate information and approved by news managers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
Dutch Bros staffers, from store owners to senior managers, have been put through the course for years to understand the hard work of the chain’s 25,000 broistas churning out drinks.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of managers

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Gadi Eisenkot, the challenger in a vote last month that left no majority, is one of Netanyahu's former ministers.

— Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
Two former ministers from Orban’s ‌government and former central bank chief Gyorgy Matolcsy are currently under arrest over graft accusations in separate investigations.

— Reuters, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026