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
The measure also authorizes the city's attorneys and solicitor to volunteer their time on a pro bono basis to represent residents who are involved in immigration cases.
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Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
After hearing about Caudill’s struggle to find a new lawyer, Mavrick offered his services pro bono in August.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
For those who cannot afford assistance, local tax clinics and pro bono programs can provide help.
—Sakinah Tillman, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2026
Morrow’s pro bono defense attorneys, Rob Heroy and Xavier de Janon, have said the same.
—Julia Coin
february 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2026
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Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
After hearing about Caudill’s struggle to find a new lawyer, Mavrick offered his services pro bono in August.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
For those who cannot afford assistance, local tax clinics and pro bono programs can provide help.
—Sakinah Tillman, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2026
Morrow’s pro bono defense attorneys, Rob Heroy and Xavier de Janon, have said the same.
—Julia Coin
february 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pro bono
Adjective
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Because a present that is over $100, Miss Manner assures you, is indeed meant for a wedding and not a shower, whose gifts are supposed to be more nominal.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
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In an alternative scenario, the cap would stay fixed in nominal dollar terms, in our examples at $100,000 or $70,000 sans bumps for the CPI, for 20 or 30 years, and after those intervals grow in tandem with wages.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Does a user keep expressing linguistic markers throughout a given conversation?—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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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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Property-tax breaks, discounted prices on land, cheap leases, municipal bonds, free utilities—local governments will offer all these things and more to get teams to come or to stay.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Soccer journalist Andrew Wiebe will moderate a panel discussion exploring how data is transforming the sport at this free event.—
Dan Kelly
March 29,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Pro bono.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pro%20bono. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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