attorney

noun

ə-ˈtər-nē How to pronounce attorney (audio)
Definition of attorneynext
1
as in deputy
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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2
as in lawyer
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 attorney The Don Curry Nature Trail — named for the Troop 326 scoutmaster and Fort Worth attorney — replaced an older trail that had been damaged by erosion. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026 The smartest plaintiffs' attorneys are doing a good job shopping for judges sympathetic to their cases — and there are more than 30 at the moment with nearly 400 athletes involved. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 Grossman, the attorney representing Ream and Morris in the two cases, agrees that there was massive tax evasion when the ban was passed. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 That charge was dropped by the state attorney’s office on June 2, according to a filing reviewed by The Star. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for attorney
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attorney
  1. deputy
  2. lawyer
  3. representative
  4. delegate
  5. agent
  6. manager
  7. minister
Noun
  • Prince was able to free the ATV and accelerated toward the deputy, striking him and knocking him to the ground.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Hubble and Webb both have coronagraphs, but Roman’s experimental instrument is 100 to 1,000 times better than any built before, said Bertrand Mennesson, Roman deputy project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of deputy
Noun
  • His lawyer did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • At the arraignment, Burke's lawyers withdrew in a shocking move, leaving him with a public defender.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of lawyer
Noun
  • The Washington Examiner contacted representatives from the DOJ and the FBI.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Entertainment Weekly has reached out to Cooper’s representatives for comment.
    — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of representative
Noun
  • Earlier this year, delegates failed to agree on who to endorse for governor at the state party convention.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • OpenAI's investigation, released this week, went considerably further, describing agents that found unauthorized ways to communicate, collaborate and delegate work while attempting to accomplish their objectives.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of delegate
Noun
  • Rogue OpenAI agents’ unprecedented coordination during the Hugging Face attack significantly increases the risk of AI escaping human control, analysts said, days after investigators released a bombshell report into the incident.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • This was followed by the creation of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) on July 22 to handle espionage and resistance agents, and the first raids were already being carried out.
    — David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of agent
Noun
  • According to a probable cause affidavit, the former campaign manager gave local police a black nylon glove that Ross is alleged to have provided in June.
    — Ava Kelley, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez, who represents a suburban area in western Miami-Dade, urged Levine Cava to find savings by reducing multiple layers of senior directors standing between the mayor and front-line managers and county workers.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of manager
Noun
  • Some ministers also raised the idea of using billions of euros in frozen Russian assets to help meet more of Ukraine’s military and economic needs.
    — Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • For the past four years, the territory has been the domain of Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the Religious Zionism party, who serves simultaneously as finance minister and as the minister in charge of the West Bank.
    — Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026
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