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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
For lawmakers, this meant not only new debates but also new federal agencies, new congressional committees, new lobbying firms and new interest group coalitions.
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Sorelle Wyckoff Gaynor, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
Political scientists like Hansen had spent careers building theories that assumed that the parameters of Americans politics were set by interest groups, voting blocs, open elections, economic calculations, power sharing, and sundry other features of liberal ideology.
—Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Soon various interest groups and Super PACs started texting and calling voters and buying television ads trying to convince lawmakers to change their minds.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
This will involve taking on interest groups that thrive on complexity such as lawyers and bureaucratic jobs-worths.
—Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
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Sorelle Wyckoff Gaynor, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
Political scientists like Hansen had spent careers building theories that assumed that the parameters of Americans politics were set by interest groups, voting blocs, open elections, economic calculations, power sharing, and sundry other features of liberal ideology.
—Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Soon various interest groups and Super PACs started texting and calling voters and buying television ads trying to convince lawmakers to change their minds.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
This will involve taking on interest groups that thrive on complexity such as lawyers and bureaucratic jobs-worths.
—Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interest group
Noun
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That critique of American foreign policy – that US high-mindedness and democratic idealism conceal naked corporate interests – persisted through the Cold War and into the 21st Century.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Health care, housing, and education would be built to be affordable, driven by real results from the bottom up--not by party interests trickling down.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, pressure groups worked hard to get younger, more YIMBY legislators elected.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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During Beijing's crackdown, the Democratic Party has turned into more like a pressure group.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Dec. 2025
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There’s not even a big group of special interests that stand to benefit, like there usually is when a policy happens to get a lot of traction.—
Connor Okeeffe,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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Ballot measure committees allow special interests to give lawmakers tens, sometimes hundreds, of thousands of dollars with few limits.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Interest group.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interest%20group. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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