lawyer

noun

ˈlȯ-yər How to pronounce lawyer (audio)
Definition of lawyernext
as in attorney
a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations their lawyers told them that they couldn't use the park for the concert without permission from the city

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Recent Examples of lawyer But lawyers warn that the paper trail of funds leaving CRS jurisdictions could still expose clients to retroactive taxes. — Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 Immigrants poured in from Latin America, too, especially Chileans, who hailed from a country rich in precious metals, and who taught many a New England lawyer and Midwestern farm boy the art of mining. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 Bennett also pressed the administration’s lawyer, Matthew Donnelly, on whether the federal government had the right to demand such actions from the state at all. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Busch, a renowed music rights lawyer, previously sued Anthropic on behalf of Round Hill Music, an independent publisher, for $1 billion in August for allegedly illegally scraping hundreds of songs without permission. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lawyer
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  1. attorney
  2. advocate
  3. counselor
Noun
  • The city attorney will finalize the formal contract for future council ratification.
    — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • All three men are planning to address the court, and their attorneys will give a presentation on each brother’s behalf, according to court filings.
    — Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of attorney
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  • Imara Jones, an advocate who runs a website that features the stories of transgender people, said the issue is attractive for conservatives because some Democrats agree with them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Medicaid reimbursement rate cuts anger foster care advocates and lawmakers.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of advocate
Noun
  • For Norely Sanders, in her early 30s, that means annual breast exams, appointments with her genetic counselor and mammograms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • So, Rios did it all on her own, with help from her high school counselor.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of counselor

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