interest group

noun

|Updated on: 18 Jul 2018

Examples: interest group in a Sentence

Definition of interest group

: a group of persons having a common identifying interest that often provides a basis for action

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Examples of interest group in a Sentence

agricultural interest groups are adamantly opposed to the bill

Recent Examples of interest group from the Web

In terms of raw politics, as interest groups on both sides prepare to spend millions and partisans ratchet up their rhetoric, Kavanaugh is overwhelmingly likely to be confirmed.

— howard kurtz, Fox News, "Some conservatives lukewarm, but Trump delivered for his base with Kavanaugh," 11 July 2018
The director of the White House Office of Public Liaison, Justin Clark, will be in charge of outreach to interest groups and other outside allies.

— bloomberg, Fortune, "Trump Has Already Interviewed These 4 Possible Replacements for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy," 3 July 2018
Hammer said no other interest groups were asking to move the Division of Licensing.

— lawrence mower, miamiherald, "Why does Florida's agriculture department handle gun permits? The NRA wants it to.," 12 June 2018
The language may be buried within discussions about interest groups, but deciding which groups to prioritize is a strongly ideological one.

— seth masket, Vox, "What Democratic candidates’ priorities say about the party’s direction," 30 May 2018
In recent months, the powerful special-interest group has faced an onslaught of criticism from gun control organizations and has seen pushback in polls following mass shootings at a Florida high school and a country music festival in Las Vegas.

— kurtis lee, Anchorage Daily News, "In Oliver North, NRA sees a popular conservative it hopes can rally supporters," 13 May 2018
The law takes effect in 2020, but in some ways, Thursday's vote is only the beginning, as business interest groups work to tinker with the legislation's details before then.

— issie lapowsky, WIRED, "California Unanimously Passes Historic Privacy Bill," 28 June 2018
The investigation has made Garcia politically vulnerable, giving the interest groups and other candidates a lane to openly attack the three-term incumbent in hopes of unseating her this year.

— melanie mason, latimes.com, "She was a #MeToo leader. After sexual harassment accusations, she is fighting to be reelected," 29 May 2018
Striking new findings are publicised by researchers and their institutions, promoted by like-minded interest groups and politicians, and amplified by social media.

— The Economist, "Many results in microeconomics are shaky," 26 Apr. 2018

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