Thesaurus results for ATTORNEYS

attorneys

noun

plural of attorney

as in representatives

a person who acts or does business for another talked to the count's attorney about buying land from his estate

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a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations finished law school and became an attorney

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Recent Examples of attorneys But Young noted that the child's lawyer, the judge, and government attorneys seeking deportation will all be federal employees. — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026 Her attorneys say the drugs severely burned and blistered her arms. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 The final amount is subject to deductions for attorneys' fees and other costs. — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 Defense attorneys for Longo and Avalos are not yet listed in court records. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026 The company and its attorneys did not respond to requests for comment from The Charlotte Observer as of Monday afternoon. — Chase Jordan october 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026 Outside court after the hearing, attorneys for both sides declined comment. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Moyski's family is represented by civil rights attorneys Bakari Sellers of The Strom Law Firm and Gregorio Francis of Osborne, Francis and Pettis. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 The goal of the suit wasn’t to receive money, but to fix the system for these children and the others who come after them, the attorneys who filed the suit have said. — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

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During a Monday New York City Council hearing, representatives from OpenAI, Google, Meta and Anthropic were asked to assure under oath whether AI agents will always comply with safety guardrails to prevent catastrophic harm.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
The Florida Department of Emergency Management and DHS representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the letter, but officials have routinely denied poor conditions at detention centers across Florida.

— Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of representatives

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Colleges must maintain a contact list of lawyers who offer immigration services and provide these resources to students who request it.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
The lethal injection drug didn’t kill her, but her lawyers said her arms were left burned and blistered.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of lawyers

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According to the sheriff’s office, deputies began to administer first aid to Thaxton until an ambulance arrived.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
Iza admitted to hiring off-duty sheriff’s deputies to provide him with personal security from August 2021 through April 2022.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of deputies

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Authorities estimate hundreds of thousands of protesters, including students, teachers and delegates from trade unions, took to the streets on Tuesday as protests sweep the country.

— Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Simms will be in town pressing the flesh alongside thousands of other delegates.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of delegates

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This would give local managers greater flexibility to address wildfire risk, forest health, watersheds, timber production and local economic conditions.

— Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
The next day, a league task force of team presidents and general managers discussed transgender eligibility but established no new standard.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of managers

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At the meetings in Bangkok, finance ministers and central bank governors of 191 IMF-World Bank member countries will assess the state of the world economy and discuss strategies to support financial stability and sustained growth.

— Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Also on Monday, the foreign and defense ministers of Pakistan and Turkey agreed with Saudi Arabia to deploy military forces to the kingdom under their defense pact.

— AHMED AL-HAJ, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026