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
In some instances, scammers create public Facebook accounts that mirror real accounts belonging to pro bono legal services organizations, Bragg said.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Jonathan Levy, an attorney and the director of pro bono programs at the immigrant rights organization American Gateways, represents about half a dozen Salvadoran deportees.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026
Get pro bono financial planning For low-income Americans and underserved groups, the Financial Planning Association offers a pro bono financial planning service.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
She has also been deeply involved in nonprofit and community work, serving on boards and leading pro bono efforts.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Jonathan Levy, an attorney and the director of pro bono programs at the immigrant rights organization American Gateways, represents about half a dozen Salvadoran deportees.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026
Get pro bono financial planning For low-income Americans and underserved groups, the Financial Planning Association offers a pro bono financial planning service.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
She has also been deeply involved in nonprofit and community work, serving on boards and leading pro bono efforts.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pro bono
Adjective
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And, in the end, none of the aforementioned might be available except for Ja Morant, who might be only a nominal upgrade, if that.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Companies provide most of the capital; Pegasus contributes a nominal share for compliance reasons and manages the investments.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 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
Adjective
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The runs were a result of the free passes there (back to back walks to begin the fourth).—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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But not for the hundreds of high school students from throughout Los Angeles County who attended the10th annual Prom Dress & Tux Gift-Away and Resource Fair that were offered free formal attire at the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel on April 25.—
Staff Photographer,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Pro bono.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pro%20bono. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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