interest group
noun
: a group of persons having a common identifying interest that often provides a basis for action
Examples of interest group in a Sentence
agricultural interest groups are adamantly opposed to the bill
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At the regulation’s first hearing in November, more than three dozen public interest groups opposed the rules, while the insurance industry supported the rules.
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Pat Maio, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Otherwise politicians and interest groups will continue to demand tax increases as tax dollars disappear into pockets that may include their own.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
For lawmakers, this meant not only new debates but also new federal agencies, new congressional committees, new lobbying firms and new interest group coalitions.
—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
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Pat Maio, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Otherwise politicians and interest groups will continue to demand tax increases as tax dollars disappear into pockets that may include their own.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
For lawmakers, this meant not only new debates but also new federal agencies, new congressional committees, new lobbying firms and new interest group coalitions.
—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
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“Interest group.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interest%20group. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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