interest group

as in interest
a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote agricultural interest groups are adamantly opposed to the bill

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Recent Examples of interest group These two different district hospitals serve two different interest groups. Latoya Clarke, Sun Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2024 Sessions will be targeted toward different interest groups, including those in business, nonprofit and government sectors. Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2024 By the numbers: Large-dollar donations — largely from interest groups that don't disclose their donors — are pouring into the campaign at the 11th hour, an Axios Denver analysis finds. John Frank, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024 While sweeping, bipartisan healthcare reforms may be difficult given the political climate, voters and large interest groups could push for federal legislation that would require full transparency around rebates and ensure that PBMs pass savings directly on to patients and payers. Robert Pearl, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for interest group 
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Noun
  • In an industry increasingly defined by cultural diversity and multi-disciplinary creativity, Anthony has embraced his multifaceted interests to create a lifestyle brand [StayMe7o] that transcends interests and cultural boundaries.
    Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • More Americans rode Amtrak trains than ever in 2024, as interest in passenger rail has seen a resurgence across the United States.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
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  • In reality, revenue generated by these taxes disappears into the black hole of the general budget and goes to whatever pressure group has the most influence at city hall.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The ambivalence was best reflected in, of all places, the response of the National Legion of Decency, the powerful Roman Catholic pressure group that had kept Hollywood in line since 1934.
    Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • Six Ways Kelly Loeffler Can Improve The SBA Reforming and modernizing the SBA would better meet the needs of America’s small-business owners and entrepreneurs, not special interests in Washington.
    Rohit Arora, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Yet, after the successes of the civil rights movement in the 1960s threatened to dilute his power base, the governor joined forces with special interest groups to promote policies intended to protect big business at the expense of everyday Alabamans.
    Brucie Porter / Made by History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024

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“Interest group.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interest%20group. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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