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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
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Republican legislators, taking their lead from a president who sees half the nation as his personal enemy, have put their own party’s interests over the republic’s.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Youngone’s interests in Uzbekistan extend beyond simple financial gains, as the company also is implementing new sustainability solutions at its existing factory, including solar power generation and the use of biomass energy.
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Jennifer Bringle,
Footwear News,
29 June 2026
Over the past 10 years, open space managers in neighboring counties have worked to balance the competing interests of hikers and mountain bikers.
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John Meyer,
Denver Post,
29 June 2026
Some employees also owe their employers a deeper fiduciary duty, which one court has described as the duty to protect the employer’s interests and to avoid injuring the employer or depriving the employer of the employee’s skills.
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Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 June 2026
The European Commission will have to walk a fine line as Google’s business interests would be served by not sharing data, and the goal of regulators is to weaken Google’s monopoly.
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Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
The decision gave wealthy interests a huge advantage in influencing politicians’ decisions and should be overturned.
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Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Now that this journalist heard the president’s journey firsthand, their follow up can be tailored to the president’s personal interests, business challenges, and whatever else was discussed.
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Caroline Ceniza-Levine,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Sarah Schulman,
Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
What interests me more is what has changed, which is the very substance of capital.
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Sergey Stopnevich,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Onscreen love interests Holly Marie Combs and Brian Krause are letting fans think their relationship is the same offscreen, too.
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Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 June 2026
All that stuff really interests me.
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Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
That coexistence interests me more than any single genre.
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Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
Make new friends or join a club that interests you.
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Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
What interests you about telling a story like that?
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Wengel Gemu,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
At the moment, the only Championship side that interests me in FPL terms are Coventry.
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Holly Shand,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
Noun
That political independence has enabled the Fed to make decisions that might be unpopular in the short term, but that have the best interests of the US economy in mind for the long term.
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Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Republican legislators, taking their lead from a president who sees half the nation as his personal enemy, have put their own party’s interests over the republic’s.
—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Youngone’s interests in Uzbekistan extend beyond simple financial gains, as the company also is implementing new sustainability solutions at its existing factory, including solar power generation and the use of biomass energy.
—
Jennifer Bringle,
Footwear News,
29 June 2026
Over the past 10 years, open space managers in neighboring counties have worked to balance the competing interests of hikers and mountain bikers.
—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
29 June 2026
Some employees also owe their employers a deeper fiduciary duty, which one court has described as the duty to protect the employer’s interests and to avoid injuring the employer or depriving the employer of the employee’s skills.
—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 June 2026
The European Commission will have to walk a fine line as Google’s business interests would be served by not sharing data, and the goal of regulators is to weaken Google’s monopoly.
—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
The decision gave wealthy interests a huge advantage in influencing politicians’ decisions and should be overturned.
—
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Now that this journalist heard the president’s journey firsthand, their follow up can be tailored to the president’s personal interests, business challenges, and whatever else was discussed.
—
Caroline Ceniza-Levine,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Verb
These are novels about bohemian communities of friends and lovers and artistic collaborators, which is a big part of what interests me about AIDS activism.
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Sarah Schulman,
Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
What interests me more is what has changed, which is the very substance of capital.
—
Sergey Stopnevich,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Onscreen love interests Holly Marie Combs and Brian Krause are letting fans think their relationship is the same offscreen, too.
—
Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 June 2026
All that stuff really interests me.
—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
That coexistence interests me more than any single genre.
—
Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
Make new friends or join a club that interests you.
—
Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
What interests you about telling a story like that?
—
Wengel Gemu,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
At the moment, the only Championship side that interests me in FPL terms are Coventry.
—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interests
Noun
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In recent years, carriage negotiations have led to temporary channel blackouts between Disney and services such as YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream, highlighting the high stakes of content licensing deals.
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With its high stakes, vivid action and steamy romance, the novel has struck a chord with Yarros's enthusiastic fanbase.
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Mythos 5 access will be restored to around 100 organizations that include government agencies and private companies, according to people familiar with the matter.
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One of the options presented must be placing a premium on companies with at least 250 employees, who don’t offer health coverage, to offset the cost to taxpayers for having their workers enrolled in Medi-Cal, according to the deal.
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Once a destination for avid hikers and the Biltmore-browsers, the destination has evolved to attract a variety of age groups and interest groups.
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If that isn’t enough, some of the most powerful and well-financed interest groups in politics have spent big in certain primaries.
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That’s what intrigues them about coming to work for a large company that’s constantly evolving.
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The essential nature of magic especially intrigues physicists like Swingle, who hope to use it on a quantum computer to simulate how gravity behaves in situations where general relativity fails.
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General Motors shares have dropped almost 4% this year, giving up some ground after surging more than 52% in 2025 and 48% in 2024.
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Copilot has struggled, and Microsoft’s shares are down double-digits in the past year as investors have fretted over AI’s impact on software, Microsoft’s reliance on OpenAI, and its heavy data center spending.
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The report by two environmental consulting firms — one chosen by the ranch’s managers and one by Costilla County leaders — found that the extensive sections of fence were threatening wildlife by blocking their movement to food, water and safe habitat.
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Civil rights firms like ours will be able to afford handling such suits because the act requires a federal agent who loses such a case to pay the plaintiff’s legal fees.
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An agreement can spare those special interests multi-million dollar fights to win over voters.
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Joseph also criticized the inability of lawmakers to work across the aisle to pass legislation that would help residents rather than focusing on the priorities of special interests.
Verb
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There is something magical about a firefly that fascinates young and old alike.
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There is something about the play Harvey that fascinates me, especially for right now.
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“Interests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interests. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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