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a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote
agricultural interest groups are adamantly opposed to the bill
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Recent Examples of interest group
The interest group’s website makes clear that credit for the contribution goes to both the donor and AIPAC itself, thereby strengthening its ties with key officials by soliciting donations for them.
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2026
Black women are not an interest group.
—Joy Sewing, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2026
Hollywood players, Wall Streeters, public interest groups guilds and lawmakers will know, definitively, where to direct their fire.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
The moment bought Clinton a priceless image of willingness to speak truth to the party’s interest groups but came at the price of Jackson’s rage.
—Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2026
Black women are not an interest group.
—Joy Sewing, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2026
Hollywood players, Wall Streeters, public interest groups guilds and lawmakers will know, definitively, where to direct their fire.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
The moment bought Clinton a priceless image of willingness to speak truth to the party’s interest groups but came at the price of Jackson’s rage.
—Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interest group
Noun
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If interest rates were spiking, this market would be very different.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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Orbán had used a supermajority in Parliament to rewrite the constitution, consolidating his power and tilting key institutions toward his interests.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The leader of the Ex-Slave Pension Association was later imprisoned on mail fraud charges, and the organization faded away, while the Eagles became one of the pressure groups that eventually led to Social Security.—
Trevor Jackson,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Cosseted by favorable districts and incumbent fundraising advantages, the majority caters mostly to pressure groups — especially socially conservative ones — that influence Republican primaries.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Jeycen has a special interest in drawing and loves creating road maps and highways.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Lobbyists and special interests are constantly scheming to defeat the will of the majority.—
Mary Nichols,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Interest group.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interest%20group. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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