as in interests
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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Noun
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Kate Marshall of the Plaza District Council told the neighborhood committee that the ownership group has the Plaza’s better interests at heart and is invested in preserving the Plaza’s character while keeping developments within its iconic style.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025 -
Over a quarter-century, national interests shift and foreign alliances change.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Yet financial interventions from powerful interest groups short-circuit the most basic channels of representative government.—
John J. Donohue,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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All this at a time when minority writers are also disproportionately the targets of censorship by Republican state houses and right-wing interest groups.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
2 Sep. 2025
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Our health policies are guided by evidence, common sense, and respect for individual rights—not ideological agendas or special interests.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Speaking broadly about Miami City Hall, Voccola said he can’t be bought by special interests.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Pressure groups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressure%20groups. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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