Example Sentences

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“We will use whatever laws and tools we have to hold people accountable if they break our laws,” Mr. Sessions said Tuesday afternoon during a press conference attended by attorneys-general from seven states.

From Washington Times • Feb. 27, 2018

It’s good news for all companies that may find themselves under siege to the ambitions of state attorneys-general.

From Forbes • Mar. 18, 2015

The suit has been inspired by the successful assault on Big Tobacco in the late 1990s by state attorneys-general, who won a multi-billion-dollar settlement by arguing that cigarette-makers had increased their states’ medical costs.

From Economist • Aug. 29, 2013

Other attorneys-general, including California’s Kamala Harris and New York’s Eric Schneiderman, have yet to join the settlement.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 8, 2012

These county attorneys and attorneys-general seem to delight in it—now why?

From A Certain Rich Man by White, William Allen