as in nominal
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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
The firm agreed to provide at least $100 million in pro bono legal work during Trump’s time in the White House and beyond, which the president said at the time will be dedicated to helping veterans, Gold Star families, law enforcement members and first responders.
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Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
The orders often fault the firms for taking on certain pro bono clients, associating with Mr. Trump's legal foes or engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion practices that the administration claims are discriminatory.
—Joe Walsh
june 16, CBS News, 16 June 2025
But another nine have signed deals with Trump, collectively agreeing to do nearly $1 billion in pro bono work for causes championed by the president.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 June 2025
Arnold & Porter, a Washington law firm now representing Lisa Afolayan pro bono, has appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
—Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
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Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
The orders often fault the firms for taking on certain pro bono clients, associating with Mr. Trump's legal foes or engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion practices that the administration claims are discriminatory.
—Joe Walsh
june 16, CBS News, 16 June 2025
But another nine have signed deals with Trump, collectively agreeing to do nearly $1 billion in pro bono work for causes championed by the president.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 June 2025
Arnold & Porter, a Washington law firm now representing Lisa Afolayan pro bono, has appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
—Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pro bono
Adjective
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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.—
Sarah Lord,
PC Magazine,
1 July 2025
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In practice, that has resulted in the actual levies on imports often being lower than the nominal rate initially announced by the White House.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
27 June 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
Adjective
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Imagination runs similarly wild and free on the spring/summer runways, where a fascination with the everyday sparks seasonal experimentations in form.—
Talia Abbas,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
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Charania also reported that the Nuggets are signing guard Bruce Brown in free agency.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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“Pro bono.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pro%20bono. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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