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a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote
observed that if publishers gave in to every pressure group, nothing would ever get published
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Recent Examples of pressure group
After months of discussion and debate among politicians, pundits, and pressure groups worldwide, a group of legislators was finally taking regulatory steps to address the potential dangers of artificial intelligence.
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Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
This puts it in a similar category as pressure groups like CAMERA and HonestReporting, which also parse media coverage from the vantage point of a particular agenda.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
There are those, such as the anti-royalist pressure group Republic, who believe Charles’ contradictions and complexities will eventually herald the end of this millennia-old institution.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 3 May 2023
Yesterday, the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee grilled Commissioner Ylva Johansson on reports that her proposal resulted from improper lobbying by American and British pressure groups.
—Bydavid Meyer, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
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Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
This puts it in a similar category as pressure groups like CAMERA and HonestReporting, which also parse media coverage from the vantage point of a particular agenda.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
There are those, such as the anti-royalist pressure group Republic, who believe Charles’ contradictions and complexities will eventually herald the end of this millennia-old institution.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 3 May 2023
Yesterday, the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee grilled Commissioner Ylva Johansson on reports that her proposal resulted from improper lobbying by American and British pressure groups.
—Bydavid Meyer, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressure group
Noun
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His Administration also signalled interest in reviving America’s defunct underground weapons-testing program.Abe Streep, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
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However, that interest appears to be largely one-sided.Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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On Monday, the real-estate interest group filed a suit arguing — interestingly enough! — that the FARE Act violates brokers’ First Amendment rights.Clio Chang, Curbed, 20 Dec. 2024
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That would include congressional employee communications with each other, with whistleblowers, and with interest groups.Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Believe it or not, there are a few theories about why cats sometimes take a special interest in wrapping paper or other paper materials like newspapers and magazines.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Now, governments have metaphorical swamps, inhabited by special interests and grifters that feed on the status quo at expense of the future.Wal van Lierop, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Pressure group.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressure%20group. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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