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
Akin Gump who represented the Garvey family pro bono dating back to the President George W. Bush administration.
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
While Social Venture Partners has been around since 2001 as a national affiliate, the local organization has developed its own program, focusing more on pro bono consulting rather than fundraising and grant giving.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Bhakti Mirchandani is a co-founder, along with Stephanie Westen, Sophia Tsai, and Rob Rahbari, of Allocator Collective—a pro bono effort for which no one receives any compensation.
—Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Three weeks after retiring as the boat captain for Riverkeeper, the environmental organization, John Lipscomb embarked on a final wintry patrol, pro bono.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
While Social Venture Partners has been around since 2001 as a national affiliate, the local organization has developed its own program, focusing more on pro bono consulting rather than fundraising and grant giving.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Bhakti Mirchandani is a co-founder, along with Stephanie Westen, Sophia Tsai, and Rob Rahbari, of Allocator Collective—a pro bono effort for which no one receives any compensation.
—Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Three weeks after retiring as the boat captain for Riverkeeper, the environmental organization, John Lipscomb embarked on a final wintry patrol, pro bono.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for pro bono
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pro bono
Adjective
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That term traditionally implies a nominal or even negligible sum of money, which this was not.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2025
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Cultural battles are waged over single-gender bathrooms, diversity quotas, and female sports leagues — all under the same nominal movement.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
12 Feb. 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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Two weeks before Donald Trump became the 47th president of the United States, his son Don Jr. paid a visit to Greenland, handing out free food and MAGA caps, and posing for photos.—
Adam Price,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Pro bono.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pro%20bono. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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