in the national/public interest
idiom
: likely to help the nation/public
a policy that is not in the national/public interest
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Cities can and must use their authority over streets, curbs, and zoning to shape AV deployment in the public interest.
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Regina Clewlow, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Even more troubling is the possibility that the new town could use the power of eminent domain to legally seize his land for a project deemed to be in the public interest.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
The jury rejected the BBC's defense that its journalism was fair, responsible and in the public interest.
—Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 30 May 2025
The law aims to address land ownership disparities rooted in the country's apartheid past by allowing land expropriation in the public interest.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
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Regina Clewlow, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Even more troubling is the possibility that the new town could use the power of eminent domain to legally seize his land for a project deemed to be in the public interest.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
The jury rejected the BBC's defense that its journalism was fair, responsible and in the public interest.
—Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 30 May 2025
The law aims to address land ownership disparities rooted in the country's apartheid past by allowing land expropriation in the public interest.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
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