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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Regulation also reins in corporations and other non-governmental actors in the public interest.
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Rick Miller, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa this year signed a law enabling the government to take private land without compensation when it is deemed to be in the public interest.
—Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Acting in the public interest? Commission members reacted with exasperation after hearing key points from the reports.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 8 May 2025
What’s happened now is the tone that the president is setting from the top, popularizing the idea that people trying to work in the public interest are actually hurting the country.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 22 Apr. 2025
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Rick Miller, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa this year signed a law enabling the government to take private land without compensation when it is deemed to be in the public interest.
—Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Acting in the public interest? Commission members reacted with exasperation after hearing key points from the reports.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 8 May 2025
What’s happened now is the tone that the president is setting from the top, popularizing the idea that people trying to work in the public interest are actually hurting the country.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 22 Apr. 2025
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“In the national/public interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20national%2Fpublic%20interest. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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