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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
The transformed system wasn’t perfect, but allowing interest groups, the public and reporters to see what was being considered was a big step forward.
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
Ties to Google Despite the impact these negotiations could have on the California news industry, few news publishers, unions or interest groups were clued in.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
Company management heads into the investor day having angered an important interest group: its own workforce.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
Despite the support from the Senate, the legislation — aimed at empowering the Federal Trade Commission to better protect American kids’ privacy and safety online — remains deeply divisive within the tech community and among various interest groups.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 31 July 2024
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
Ties to Google Despite the impact these negotiations could have on the California news industry, few news publishers, unions or interest groups were clued in.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
Company management heads into the investor day having angered an important interest group: its own workforce.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
Despite the support from the Senate, the legislation — aimed at empowering the Federal Trade Commission to better protect American kids’ privacy and safety online — remains deeply divisive within the tech community and among various interest groups.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 31 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interest group
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And that, in turn, would run directly counter to Trump’s goal of maintaining lower interest rates as part of a policy of accelerating economic growth.Rob Wile, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Fed officials on Thursday are widely expected to lower their benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point, a move that will come on the heels of a half-point cut in September.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 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
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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
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The California Legislature is poised to welcome one of its largest freshman classes in more than a decade, and special interest groups are spending millions on Democrat-versus-Democrat races in the November election to help decide which newcomer voters will send to Sacramento.Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Of special interest to the Harris campaign may be where those Fox News viewers were watching on Wednesday.Mark Joyella, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Interest group.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interest%20group. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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