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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 groups
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
The history of American health care is populated by private industries, powerful interest groups, federal officials and concerned citizens.
—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
Just like big companies and other interest groups, California cities and counties hire private lobbying firms to represent their interests in Sacramento.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 22 Dec. 2025
Soon various interest groups and Super PACs started texting and calling voters and buying television ads trying to convince lawmakers to change their minds.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
Before that happens, the officeholders and various interest groups may have to whittle down the list.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
So, yeah, there are losers in the process, and, throughout history, elites and interest groups have sought to block creative destruction.
—NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
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
The history of American health care is populated by private industries, powerful interest groups, federal officials and concerned citizens.
—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
Just like big companies and other interest groups, California cities and counties hire private lobbying firms to represent their interests in Sacramento.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 22 Dec. 2025
Soon various interest groups and Super PACs started texting and calling voters and buying television ads trying to convince lawmakers to change their minds.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
Before that happens, the officeholders and various interest groups may have to whittle down the list.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
So, yeah, there are losers in the process, and, throughout history, elites and interest groups have sought to block creative destruction.
—NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interest groups
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That critique of American foreign policy – that US high-mindedness and democratic idealism conceal naked corporate interests – persisted through the Cold War and into the 21st Century.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Health care, housing, and education would be built to be affordable, driven by real results from the bottom up--not by party interests trickling down.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, pressure groups worked hard to get younger, more YIMBY legislators elected.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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Nearly 72% of censorship attempts in 2024 were initiated by pressure groups and decision makers who have been swayed by them.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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After watching the state’s once nation-leading public records system buckle under political pressure, special interests, stonewalling and outright abuse, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has finally had enough.—
Bobby Block,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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And many of the costs can be traced back to labor union special interests.—
LyLena D. Estabine,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Interest groups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interest%20groups. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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