as in nominal
law
involving or doing legal work at no cost to the client
pro bono work a pro bono case
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Recent Examples of pro bono
Four prominent firms — Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett — each agreed to contribute $125 million worth of pro bono work to causes Trump backs.
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Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Five major law firms cut a deal with the White House to provide $600 million in pro bono work to avoid punishment, the president announced on Friday.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2025
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, which was not contacted by the EEOC, signed a deal with the Trump administration for $100 million in pro bono work.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
Some of these firms have responded by agreeing to renounce diversity outreach efforts and commit tens of millions of dollars in pro bono work to defend Trump's priorities in future litigation.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
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Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Five major law firms cut a deal with the White House to provide $600 million in pro bono work to avoid punishment, the president announced on Friday.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2025
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, which was not contacted by the EEOC, signed a deal with the Trump administration for $100 million in pro bono work.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
Some of these firms have responded by agreeing to renounce diversity outreach efforts and commit tens of millions of dollars in pro bono work to defend Trump's priorities in future litigation.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pro bono
Adjective
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The main question of contemporary cinema isn’t (pace the nominal avant-garde) whether to tell a story but what story to tell, how to tell it, and, for that matter, what a story is.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 May 2025
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Here’s why: Although technical specifications are still being worked out, the new standard could deliver nominal peak data rates of more than 40Gbps.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Bing, for its part, went off the rails early on, prompting Microsoft to scale back both its personality and the number of questions users could ask it in a given conversation.—
Will Oremus,
Washington Post,
5 June 2023
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At any given moment, 2 million to 10 million Ukrainians have been living in freezing temperatures without electricity.—
Maham Javaid,
Washington Post,
22 Dec. 2022
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Sign up for our free Royals newsletter to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
14 May 2025
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Burial evidence linked to potential victims of obstetric deaths suggests not all infants who died early received proper burials or were even born free.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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“Pro bono.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pro%20bono. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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