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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
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
For lawmakers, this meant not only new debates but also new federal agencies, new congressional committees, new lobbying firms and new interest group coalitions.
—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
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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
For lawmakers, this meant not only new debates but also new federal agencies, new congressional committees, new lobbying firms and new interest group coalitions.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interest group
Noun
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Proposals to cap credit card interest rates are just such an example.—
Matthew Kandrach,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Federal Reserve has lowered its benchmark interest rate by nearly two percentage points since late 2024.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
27 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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During Beijing's crackdown, the Democratic Party has turned into more like a pressure group.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Dec. 2025
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Psychologists with special interest in reading have been probing this question for over a decade.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The health care system is run by competing special interests, including powerful insurance companies and hedge funds.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Interest group.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interest%20group. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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