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as in stake
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 welfare
the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success
make no mistake: she's determined to act in her own interest in this business deal
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as in firm
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
a multinational corporation with interests on every continent
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as in special interest
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 to intrigue
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 interest
Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2025
It was also reported Tom Brady and Belichick shared somewhat of an interest, but nothing ever materialized.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
That could be researching a topic that interests them, journaling, or planning upcoming events and milestones.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Without any changes in interest rates or refinancing, that could ultimately amount to the city paying more than $800 million; those make up the bulk of the agreement, with contingent payments also possible.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2025
It was also reported Tom Brady and Belichick shared somewhat of an interest, but nothing ever materialized.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
This flow, which is sometimes subterranean, is what interests me the most in cultural history.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
That could be researching a topic that interests them, journaling, or planning upcoming events and milestones.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interest
Noun
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Trump’s 53% ownership stake in the company, now in a trust controlled by his oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., rose by $415 million on the day.—
Time,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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By December 2023, the private equity firm had taken a majority stake in the British business and set an ambitious expansion plan; targeting 350 outlets by 2031.—
Kevin Rozario,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Deputies notified the Sumter Police Department, who went to perform a welfare check on Leonard's home and discovered his wife dead in their garage from an apparent gunshot wound.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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According to their letter, Padilla and Schiff are requesting information on whether agents have arrested, detained or deported any formerly unaccompanied children or their sponsors in connection with the welfare checks in California and nationwide.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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The firm’s team includes analysts from leading tech private equity firms, engineers, operating partners – former technology CEOs and COOs.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
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Tech company executives, including Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerburg of Meta and Google CEO Sundar Pichai have been criticized for their firms' donations to Trumps inauguration fund and for taking meetings with Trump and his allies.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2025
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Of course, there will be legal challenges, particularly by special interest groups that would lose anticompetitive benefits.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Voters want a leader who's going to listen and going to stand up to the corporate special interests.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
11 Apr. 2025
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Traditional hiring relies on candidates applying to your company, but elite talent needs to be sought out, engaged and intrigued by a unique opportunity.—
Sarah D'Souza,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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TikTok users have been excited and intrigued by these pitches — seeing them as attempts to not only spit on Trump’s plan but expose fashion surcharges and save money on luxury goods.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2025
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Hassabis, for his part, won a share of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on Alphafold—an AI system that can predict the 3D structures of proteins, and which has turbocharged biomedical research.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
27 Apr. 2025
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Revamp Your Mudroom Giving your mudroom a bit of love before the summer is never a bad idea, Kersh shares.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2025
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The port plays a key role in trade in the country and is responsible for the vast majority of loading and unloading of goods in Iranian ports.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2025
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There, workers arrive each morning in search of assignments operating cranes, securing cargo, working as mechanics, or other jobs that keep goods flowing.—
Ali Martin,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 Apr. 2025
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Open for just 24 hours, starting April 24, the project is meant to humanize the harms of social media use among young children and call for governments and private companies to act urgently to protect online spaces for young users.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Lange agrees that the impact of losing access to heavy rare earth elements would be somewhat manageable for American companies.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interest. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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