as in lawyer
a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations
the actor hired a dream team of high-priced legal eagles to defend him against the charges
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Recent Examples of legal eagle
Hartley will be joined this fall only by returning series regular Fiona Rene, who continues to play legal eagle Reenie Green.
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Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 25 Aug. 2025
That’s a fairly wide net in alerting Waukegan legal eagles of what the basis of any lawsuit may entail.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Produced by original film star Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine company, the prequel series will rewind to the high school days of her character, the fashionable legal eagle Elle.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 May 2025
Oh, the legal eagles up at the GTW offices get that, too.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
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Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 25 Aug. 2025
That’s a fairly wide net in alerting Waukegan legal eagles of what the basis of any lawsuit may entail.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Produced by original film star Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine company, the prequel series will rewind to the high school days of her character, the fashionable legal eagle Elle.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 May 2025
Oh, the legal eagles up at the GTW offices get that, too.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legal eagle
Noun
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The following episode kicks off on a much lighter note with the lawyers all sitting around trading their favorite cosmetic procedures and self-care rituals.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Mainstream society, generally intent on grooming doctors, lawyers, accountants, scientists, engineers, and computer coders, perceived a student learning a working-class skilled trade as somehow lowly, poorly compensated, a second-class citizen.—
Stephen Tave,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Sherrill, also a former federal prosecutor and attorney, entered politics less than a decade ago when she was elected to Congress in 2018.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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In addition to Kardashian and Watts, the attorneys will be played by Niecy Nash-Betts, Glenn Close, Teyana Taylor and Sarah Paulson, along with clients played by guest stars Brooke Shields, Jessica Simpson, Judith Light and Rick Springfield.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Legal eagle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legal%20eagle. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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