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 Murdaugh’s lawyers, the show’s writers did not contact them or anyone from the Murdaugh family during the development process.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Three lawyers will present the plaintiffs’ arguments, with 20 minutes reserved for the business petitioners and 20 minutes reserved for the states.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
The former lawyer was given two consecutive life sentences.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Kohberger did not appear, although lawyers on both sides attended remotely.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Three lawyers will present the plaintiffs’ arguments, with 20 minutes reserved for the business petitioners and 20 minutes reserved for the states.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
The former lawyer was given two consecutive life sentences.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Kohberger did not appear, although lawyers on both sides attended remotely.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lawyer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawyer
Noun
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Jeffrey Kuhlman, an attorney representing the county, did not return a phone call Tuesday afternoon.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
12 Nov. 2025
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While pursuing her eventual goal of becoming a practicing attorney, Kardashian has also become an advocate for criminal justice reform.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But advocates argue the AI has to be compared to the alternative.—
NPR,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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Public health advocates are also pushing to expand the scope of practice for dental therapists, mid-level providers who can perform fillings and extractions under supervision.—
Sixteen Ramos,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Having no cool aunt of my own and no elder sisters, just teenage babysitters and camp counselors (each with their own unique but tenuous grasp on anatomy and reproductive science), the book felt warm, inviting, and—perhaps most important to my terrified, bleeding, self—safe.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Carol, who now works as a counselor after a career shift in her fifties, isn’t interested in trying to gloss up the factors that led to her creatively brilliant and warmhearted son’s death.—
Marissa R. Moss,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawyer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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