VESTED INTERESTS Synonyms: 5 Similar Words

vested interests

noun

plural of vested interest

as in interests

a group that benefits from a particular social, economic, or political privilege changes to the tax laws being challenged by vested interests

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Noun

Still, the current system is working well, and Congress, not the courts, has to decide whether America’s immigration laws are serving the country’s interests and values.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Las Vegas’s economy has had to contend with a public whose interests are trending away from depravity and toward wellness.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Definition of interests

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Dean said that at the time, the switch away from direct elections was supported by a broad coalition of conservative and liberal interest groups.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
Allied interest groups across the Democratic spectrum also rescinded their endorsements and urged Platner to step aside.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 7 July 2026

Definition of interest groups

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Both measures are sensible safeguards against greedy lawmakers and powerful special interests like SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, the union pushing the billionaire tax.

— Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 13 July 2026
Many of the special interests doing business in Sacramento watched this year’s chaotic primary for governor from the sidelines, wary of picking a losing candidate in an unpredictable race.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of special interests

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Increasingly, book bans are driven less by individuals than by politically motivated pressure groups targeting decision-makers.

— SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 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

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