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a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote
agricultural interest groups are adamantly opposed to the bill
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Recent Examples of interest groups
Those who might be displaced or de-skilled by the advancing tech wave will fight in the office with passive aggression, in the media with poisonous leaks delivered at just the worst time, and in legislatures through the voting power of the bureaucrats, teachers’ unions, and other interest groups.
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Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
As costs rise, candidates devote more time to courting wealthy backers, interest groups and political action committees.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
The federal corruption probe around Williamson cracked open a window to Sacramento’s campaign finance ecosystem, showing the sometimes questionable ways that lawmakers, lobbyists, consultants and interest groups use accounts to trade money, time and access.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 18 Jan. 2026
At the regulation’s first hearing in November, more than three dozen public interest groups opposed the rules, while the insurance industry supported the rules.
—Pat Maio, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Otherwise politicians and interest groups will continue to demand tax increases as tax dollars disappear into pockets that may include their own.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
The history of American health care is populated by private industries, powerful interest groups, federal officials and concerned citizens.
—Sorelle Wyckoff Gaynor, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
Political scientists like Hansen had spent careers building theories that assumed that the parameters of Americans politics were set by interest groups, voting blocs, open elections, economic calculations, power sharing, and sundry other features of liberal ideology.
—Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Soon various interest groups and Super PACs started texting and calling voters and buying television ads trying to convince lawmakers to change their minds.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
As costs rise, candidates devote more time to courting wealthy backers, interest groups and political action committees.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
The federal corruption probe around Williamson cracked open a window to Sacramento’s campaign finance ecosystem, showing the sometimes questionable ways that lawmakers, lobbyists, consultants and interest groups use accounts to trade money, time and access.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 18 Jan. 2026
At the regulation’s first hearing in November, more than three dozen public interest groups opposed the rules, while the insurance industry supported the rules.
—Pat Maio, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Otherwise politicians and interest groups will continue to demand tax increases as tax dollars disappear into pockets that may include their own.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
The history of American health care is populated by private industries, powerful interest groups, federal officials and concerned citizens.
—Sorelle Wyckoff Gaynor, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
Political scientists like Hansen had spent careers building theories that assumed that the parameters of Americans politics were set by interest groups, voting blocs, open elections, economic calculations, power sharing, and sundry other features of liberal ideology.
—Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Soon various interest groups and Super PACs started texting and calling voters and buying television ads trying to convince lawmakers to change their minds.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interest groups
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Aliya Wishner, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office, dismissed Rokita's complaints about the sale, saying IAA board members must act in the agency's best interests regardless of who appoints them.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
3 Feb. 2026
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Weiss reiterated that changes in tort law favoring business interests have increased claim denials and litigation.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
3 Feb. 2026
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Johnson is calling for coordinated national efforts led by mayors and state governments, in concert with public pressure groups and local residents, to combat the actions by ICE, the Border Patrol and other federal authorities.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, pressure groups worked hard to get younger, more YIMBY legislators elected.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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The health care system is run by competing special interests, including powerful insurance companies and hedge funds.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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There’s not even a big group of special interests that stand to benefit, like there usually is when a policy happens to get a lot of traction.—
Connor Okeeffe,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Interest groups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interest%20groups. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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