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as in stake
a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something
all of the workers at the food cooperative have an interest in it
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as in welfare
the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success
make no mistake: she's determined to act in her own interest in this business deal
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as in firm
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
a multinational corporation with interests on every continent
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as in special interest
a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote
the contention that the nation's financial interests have too much power
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as in to intrigue
to hold the attention of
the book didn't interest me, so I ended up watching the parade of people on the sidewalk
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Recent Examples of interest
Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Ken Griffin, the billionaire transplant who has taken great interest in public education reform in Miami, pledged to give $50 million to Success Academy to support the work.
—Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The fund also uses zero leverage—a nice extra margin of safety should interest rates unexpectedly rise.
—Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The conversation comes after fans saw Kody inform Robyn that another woman expressed interest in joining the polygamous family in the Sister Wives season 20 trailer, which was released in August.
—Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Ken Griffin, the billionaire transplant who has taken great interest in public education reform in Miami, pledged to give $50 million to Success Academy to support the work.
—Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
The travelers that interested her were not those seeking plain or ordinary pleasures but those chasing a profound personal cataclysm.
—Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The fund also uses zero leverage—a nice extra margin of safety should interest rates unexpectedly rise.
—Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interest
Noun
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My colleague David Ferrara and I spoke with university officials, immigrant experts and a former UC international student to learn more about what's at stake when this particular number drops.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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Michigan has ten stakes, a phrase the LDS Church uses that is similar to a diocese in other Christian denominations.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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That was when his vehicle was found along with a note that raised concerns for his welfare.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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Child welfare services substantiated the accusation.—
Katie Moore,
Kansas City Star,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wolters Kluwer is a professional information, software and services firm.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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OpenAI's first Stargate development to come online — a data center in Texas that's stuffed to the brims with Oracle and Nvidia infrastructure — did so just as investors started questioning the sustainability of the artificial intelligence firm's trajectory.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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These reforms are essential to earning back the trust of working people, everyday people in our country, to know that the policy solutions that Congress is passing are done in their best interest only, not because of donors or special interests.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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In the best case, billions will be spent lining the pockets of special interests and consultants instead of helping everyday Californians.—
Janet Nguyen,
Oc Register,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Set in 1972, Collier, played by Reeve, becomes intrigued with a photo of McKenna, played by Seymour, hanging at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island during his stay there and travels back in time to meet McKenna.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Metz was nonetheless intrigued enough by the conversation to discuss it with her editor at Wired.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The tri-mode seeker shares targeting information among all three modes, enabling StormBreaker to engage fixed or moving targets at any time of day and in all weather conditions, according to Raytheon.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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An electronic board displays a share price of the Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on March 4, 2024.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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La Galerie du 19M Tokyo, which opens to the public on Tuesday, underlines the importance of skilled labor in the face of AI, generational transition and debate about the value of luxury goods, as the house prepares for the first show by its new artistic director Matthieu Blazy.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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At the end of a product’s life, goods made with Variloom material filament can be mechanically recycled up to three times without losing material integrity, furthering the brand’s mission to advance circularity in fashion.—
Lauren Parker,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Sep. 2025
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The athletic department hired Davonte Higginbottom on July 16 as its new NIL strategist, and Yurachek said collegiate sports marketing company Learfield is further helping with agreements.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Sep. 2025
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The company is one of the world’s fastest-growing gold producers, with interests in eight mines located in regions across Central Asia, South America, Oceania and Africa.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interest. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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