pro bono publico
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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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
In the past few years, many Wall Street firms have allowed their lawyers to do pro bono publico work on company time.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the late 1960s, idealistic young lawyers persuaded blue chip firms to let them do pro bono publico work, representing indigents on the firms' time at their regular salaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It ain't gonna be any more pro bono publico," declared the grinning General.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Those letters are written pro bono publico," Minnie Bodkin observed confidentially to her mother.
From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
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