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lawyer

[law-yer, loi-er] / ˈlɔ yər, ˈlɔɪ ər /


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The 56-year-old lawyer and financier argued that the Fed’s forward guidance attempts to tell the world “what its dots will be, what its forecasts will be.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

That was Eugene Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court justice, who had been a lawyer for big corporations fighting unions and resisting workplace regulations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Scottish lawyer Fiona Harvey outed herself as the inspiration for the show's obsessive stalker, suing Netflix for defamation and negligence for billing it as "a true story".

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

IHR said more than 100 civil society activists had been arrested since the war broke out, including prize-winning rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was detained on April 2.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

The defense lawyer asked which country he was referring to.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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