as in interest
a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote
promised that as governor he would never be beholden to special interests
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Recent Examples of special interest
Emily Pacheco is the founder of the AI special interest group for The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC).
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Brennan Barnard, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Campaigning is expensive, so if the people you are elected to represent are going broke, special interest groups fill the fiscal void.
—Christopher Eric Bouchat, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2025
People still sleep on the streets and panhandle at intersections, and city leaders frequently face pressure to kowtow to special interests.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2025
For the first time in decades, the interests of patients prevailed over the entrenched power of health care special interests.
—Gregg Girvan, National Review, 16 July 2025
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Brennan Barnard, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Campaigning is expensive, so if the people you are elected to represent are going broke, special interest groups fill the fiscal void.
—Christopher Eric Bouchat, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2025
People still sleep on the streets and panhandle at intersections, and city leaders frequently face pressure to kowtow to special interests.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2025
For the first time in decades, the interests of patients prevailed over the entrenched power of health care special interests.
—Gregg Girvan, National Review, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for special interest
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Federal forecasters warned those with interests in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Bermuda to monitor the storm as those areas could soon face winds associated with Erin's outer rainbands.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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An annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, of top central bankers later this week will be watched closely for hints about possible interest rate cuts from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.—
Matt Ott,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
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By the end of the 1970s, the question of the GSEs’ public purpose versus private profit was as cloudy as ever, and the vested interest groups had successfully walled off the GSEs from privatization.—
Norbert Michel,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Talks are already underway, with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and its Hollywood Local 399 and the conservative public interest group the Center for American Rights playing a prominent part.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
22 July 2025
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“Special interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/special%20interest. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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