lawyers

noun

plural of lawyer
as in attorneys
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 lawyers This includes legal threats that Theranos’ lawyers leveled against him as well as against two of his sources, Tyler Shultz and Erika Cheung. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 The outlet also reported that Marshall's lawyers sought arrest warrants for at least 81 patients who missed their court dates. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 She was paid $5,000 in 2001 for her testimony, and Johnson's lawyers argue that the state withheld evidence of monetary motivation for the testimony. — CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 During a three-hour emergency hearing last week, Reyes called the government lawyers out for not giving enough prior notice for the tree removal. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026 This story was updated with a statements from Parillo and a rep for Levon Helms Studios’ lawyers. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026 On Monday, May 4, lawyers for both Baldoni and Lively released a joint statement confirming the settlement. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 19 Oct. 2026 While its lawyers have not hesitated to send cease-and-desist letters to AI companies, Disney is among the big media companies looking for ways to get in the AI game and profit from its boom. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 People’s responses were also colored by everyone suddenly having lawyers and managers and agents, wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawyers
  1. attorneys
  2. advocates
  3. counselors
Noun
  • The twins pleaded not guilty and have denied the allegations through their attorneys.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In the coming weeks, prosecutors plan to educate defense attorneys and judges about how the program will operate.
    — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of attorneys
Noun
  • In March 2026, two presidential commissions recommended that the evictions continue in order to protect wildlife, in a process that included few Maasai, Indigenous peoples’ advocates at the Oakland Institute reported.
    — David Ginsburg, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
  • That's one reason Levin, along with many other public school advocates, continues to push back against the tax credit.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of advocates
Noun
  • Some may also do what grief counselors call continuing bonds.
    — Naomi Barr, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Filling the room were people from organizations who helped those who came out of the criminal justice system, as counselors or lawyers who worked to get criminal records expunged, along with the beneficiaries of those efforts.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of counselors

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