pressure group

Definition of pressure groupnext
as in interest
a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote observed that if publishers gave in to every pressure group, nothing would ever get published

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Recent Examples of pressure group The demands of the aging are already becoming emphatic, and their power as a pressure group is recognized in politics. — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026 Tillman has run a conservative pressure group in Illinois working for traditional party goals—lowering taxes, fighting unions, being tough on crime. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 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 Cosseted by favorable districts and incumbent fundraising advantages, the majority caters mostly to pressure groups — especially socially conservative ones — that influence Republican primaries. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pressure group
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Noun
  • Her interest seems to be the whole world, or at least the way her nation’s tentacles spread into it.
    — Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Ukraine’s defense industry faces a different R&D equation Buntar’s expansion comes as European defense technology attracts growing investor interest.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But interest groups nonetheless are focusing on court races in several states with a goal of positioning themselves for bigger races in 2028.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Unfortunately, the same forces that defeated previous permitting reform packages — primarily left-wing interest groups — are threatening to smother this legislation.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Both questions surrounding special interests underscored the extent to which the pair has been entrenched in politics for decades, even as Jackson presents himself as the outsider taking on the ultimate insider.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Other opponents argue that special interests such as the oil and gas industry should not be protected by the state constitution.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2026

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“Pressure group.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressure%20group. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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