in the interest of
idiom
: in order to achieve (a particular goal or result)
In the interest of fairness, we decided to get everyone's opinion before making a decision.
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No industry is perfect — nor is any health care model — and insurance companies make terrible calls all the time in the interest of cost savings.
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Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
Purely in the interest of making lists and ranking things, here is the Pitchfork staff’s not-very-serious look back at 101 moments in music culture that stuck with us, for better or worse.
Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2024 wrap-up coverage here.
—Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
The unrest in Bangladesh, continuing after the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina in June, appears to be opening up potential as well, although this is largely not being voiced in the interest of neighborly empathy.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
But when a president, at the end of his term in office, in the interest of fairness, corrects mistakes made by the penal system during his or a previous president's term, that is often a grace note of his time in office.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
Purely in the interest of making lists and ranking things, here is the Pitchfork staff’s not-very-serious look back at 101 moments in music culture that stuck with us, for better or worse.
Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2024 wrap-up coverage here.
—Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
The unrest in Bangladesh, continuing after the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina in June, appears to be opening up potential as well, although this is largely not being voiced in the interest of neighborly empathy.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
But when a president, at the end of his term in office, in the interest of fairness, corrects mistakes made by the penal system during his or a previous president's term, that is often a grace note of his time in office.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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“In the interest of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20interest%20of. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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