interest groups

plural of interest group
as in interests
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 Dean said that at the time, the switch away from direct elections was supported by a broad coalition of conservative and liberal interest groups. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026 Allied interest groups across the Democratic spectrum also rescinded their endorsements and urged Platner to step aside. Philip Elliott, Time, 7 July 2026 The superintendent’s job is a notoriously difficult one, and many past heads of Chicago police have lasted only a few years amid pressure from interest groups, including the local police union. ABC News, 1 July 2026 Once a destination for avid hikers and the Biltmore-browsers, the destination has evolved to attract a variety of age groups and interest groups. Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 23 June 2026 If that isn’t enough, some of the most powerful and well-financed interest groups in politics have spent big in certain primaries. Josh Feldman, NBC news, 23 June 2026 Indiana public interest groups, including the Citizens Action Coalition, Just Transition Northwest Indiana and the Hoosier Environmental Council, joined EarthJustice, the Sierra Club and Environmental Law and Policy Center in a challenge of the executive order, according to Post-Tribune archives. Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026 Platforms like Strava for running and cycling, Goodreads for reading and Meetup for local interest groups have helped move the idea online, while in-person communities continue to grow. Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026 There are thousands of interest groups pressing their causes in the Capitol, but the CTA is generally regarded as the most influential. Dan Walters, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
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Noun
  • Still, the current system is working well, and Congress, not the courts, has to decide whether America’s immigration laws are serving the country’s interests and values.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
  • Las Vegas’s economy has had to contend with a public whose interests are trending away from depravity and toward wellness.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
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  • Increasingly, book bans are driven less by individuals than by politically motivated pressure groups targeting decision-makers.
    SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
  • 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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  • Both measures are sensible safeguards against greedy lawmakers and powerful special interests like SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, the union pushing the billionaire tax.
    Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 13 July 2026
  • Many of the special interests doing business in Sacramento watched this year’s chaotic primary for governor from the sidelines, wary of picking a losing candidate in an unpredictable race.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

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“Interest groups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interest%20groups. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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