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
Paul, Weiss agreed to do $40 million work of pro bono work for causes that the administration supports.
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 29 Mar. 2025
In a message to the firm, Skadden Arps’ managing partner, Jeremy London, said the firm had learned in recent days that the Trump administration intended to issue an executive order targeting it over its pro bono legal work and its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
—Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Paul Weiss recently struck a deal with Trump to provide $40 million in pro bono work for the government on issues important to the president, leading Trump to withdraw the executive action targeting the firm and its clients.
—arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2025
While working through files for a pro bono real estate case in 1993, Brockovich found medical records that led her to launch an investigation into the Hinkley water supply.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 29 Mar. 2025
In a message to the firm, Skadden Arps’ managing partner, Jeremy London, said the firm had learned in recent days that the Trump administration intended to issue an executive order targeting it over its pro bono legal work and its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
—Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Paul Weiss recently struck a deal with Trump to provide $40 million in pro bono work for the government on issues important to the president, leading Trump to withdraw the executive action targeting the firm and its clients.
—arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2025
While working through files for a pro bono real estate case in 1993, Brockovich found medical records that led her to launch an investigation into the Hinkley water supply.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pro bono
Adjective
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For adults, the service would be available for a nominal fee.—
Federico Guerrini,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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These games will be purchasable standalone on the eShop and presumably at retail, or upgraded to for a nominal fee for existing owners of the game, much like how the PS5 handles its cross-gen upgrades.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 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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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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Athena Sobhan,
People.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Imagine if a book publisher demanded that authors write books for free and, instead of employing in-house editors, relied on other authors to edit those books, also for free.—
Sheon Han,
Wired News,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Pro bono.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pro%20bono. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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