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as in stakes
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 companies
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
a multinational corporation with interests on every continent
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as in interest groups
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 intrigues
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 interests
Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
These products keep their interests, encourage bonding, and help develop problem solving skills.
—Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
The student member’s research interests in neuroengineering and artificial intelligence are shaping her vision for the future of health care.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
The judge ruled that while Tempel was speaking as a private citizen, her tweet disrupted school operations, giving the district's interests precedence.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Whitfield, who is also executive director of the Phillips County Chamber of Commerce, works with a county joint committee made up of city and county-level interests that aims to alleviate blight in the area.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2025
This card is also a nudge to integrate your many interests into one central goal or mission.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Just between the Suarez sisters’ past love interests, there is so much drama to explore.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Individuals who have that designation are required to act as a fiduciary and put their client's best interests first.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Don’t be pushy, show your gratitude, be open-minded, smile, greet people by their first name, learn what interests them and, most of all, have a sense of humor.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Click on an individual game that interests you to find these markets.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
And if none of that interests you… as if!
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
What interests me is the conversation between surfaces, glossy against matte, the warmth of wood beside the coolness of stone.
—Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Chances are, there’s a book on a topic that interests you.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
This is part of what interests me.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
All that interests me is just good work.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
See Model Trains If your interests lean toward railways and miniatures, Hendersonville has the place for you.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
These products keep their interests, encourage bonding, and help develop problem solving skills.
—Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
The student member’s research interests in neuroengineering and artificial intelligence are shaping her vision for the future of health care.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
The judge ruled that while Tempel was speaking as a private citizen, her tweet disrupted school operations, giving the district's interests precedence.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Whitfield, who is also executive director of the Phillips County Chamber of Commerce, works with a county joint committee made up of city and county-level interests that aims to alleviate blight in the area.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2025
This card is also a nudge to integrate your many interests into one central goal or mission.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Just between the Suarez sisters’ past love interests, there is so much drama to explore.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Individuals who have that designation are required to act as a fiduciary and put their client's best interests first.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
Both men are doing stuff that keeps them occupied, interests them on some level and pays the bills, but doesn’t consume their every waking thought.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Don’t be pushy, show your gratitude, be open-minded, smile, greet people by their first name, learn what interests them and, most of all, have a sense of humor.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Click on an individual game that interests you to find these markets.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
And if none of that interests you… as if!
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
What interests me is the conversation between surfaces, glossy against matte, the warmth of wood beside the coolness of stone.
—Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Chances are, there’s a book on a topic that interests you.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
This is part of what interests me.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
All that interests me is just good work.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interests
Noun
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Prepping for this influx of shipments, the Port Authority along with its tenants—including the ocean carriers that own stakes and terminals in the port—made investments between 2021 and 2023 that included deepening channels to 50 feet and raising the Bayonne Bridge.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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If Paschal and Heights can stay undefeated, which is a likely scenario, an extremely high stakes Battle of the Bonfire rivalry game to end the regular season could come to fruition.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The new truck routes and restrictions are the result of study, coordination and collaboration between city officials, local residents, area small business owners and trucking companies, city officials said.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The plan is funded by insurance companies that do business in the state.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In 2021, the book banning crisis was mostly centered around grassroots influence over school boards, the report details, with special-interest groups like Mom’s for Liberty and waves of individuals lobbying school board members to remove books based on the content within.—
Angele Latham,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Oct. 2025
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And yet today, many of the practices that meet Aristotle’s definition of corruption—interest groups paying for special consideration, the influence given to lobbyists and campaign donors—are both legal and widely accepted in America.—
Zephyr Teachout,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At the very least, the prospect of doing more with younger Ed and Lorraine intrigues the performers.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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There’s something about childhood and adolescence — and the wounds that form during those years, which in some way stay with us for life — that really intrigues me.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Retail investors bought shares hoping to gain crypto exposure through traditional brokerage accounts.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Deal details As part of the arrangement, AMD issued a warrant that gives OpenAI the ability to buy up to 160 million shares of AMD for 1 cent each over the course of the chip deal.—
Max A. Cherney,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Vietnam became the largest beneficiary when footwear firms began diversifying out of China starting in 2019.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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Consumer Duty obligations require firms to demonstrate products serve customer interests.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In her record-breaking guest spot on New Heights that same month, the superstar and her future brother-in-law discussed one of her special interests, numerology — which seems to have made an impact on Jason, who contemplated Travis’ new age on their show Wednesday.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 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
Verb
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Is there one that particularly fascinates you?—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Interests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interests. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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