pro bono publico
Americanadverb
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There were also three pharma companies, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson and Merck, willing, pro bono publico, to take these candidates and try to turn them into the real thing as quickly as possible.
From Economist ● Sep. 1, 2016
His career is a monument to the concept of pro bono publico.
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Pro bono work is the trade term for it, from the Latin pro bono publico, meaning "for the public good."
From Time Magazine Archive
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"It ain't gonna be any more pro bono publico," declared the grinning General.
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The amiable baronet, moreover, presented him with twenty guineas, as Ledyard says, pro bono publico, and with which he tells us, "he bought two great dogs, an Indian pipe, and a hatchet."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 328, August 23, 1828 by Various
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