as in interest
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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Recent Examples of vested interest
That smoothed the path to passing major spending deals and keeping the government running in large part because those lawmakers had a vested interest in securing wins for their constituents.
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Carl Hulse, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
Rather than hiring to fill new roles, consider upskilling your current people and amping up their responsibilities to give them a more vested interest.
—Michael Praeger, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
These oligarchs have a vested interest in maintaining this alliance.
—James North, The New Republic, 16 Dec. 2022
The main way to counter the malign power of vested interest is to meet organized money with organized people.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2021
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Carl Hulse, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
Rather than hiring to fill new roles, consider upskilling your current people and amping up their responsibilities to give them a more vested interest.
—Michael Praeger, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
These oligarchs have a vested interest in maintaining this alliance.
—James North, The New Republic, 16 Dec. 2022
The main way to counter the malign power of vested interest is to meet organized money with organized people.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vested interest
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If interest rates do indeed go down later in mid-June after the next FOMC meeting, the cost of capital should decline for many companies that are paying back variable rate small business loans.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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This stimulates the training of new artists and technicians and also increases interest in animation schools and international co-productions.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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My special interest lies at the intersection of U.S. tax and international wealth planning, specifically supporting U.S. expats (U.S. citizens, U.S. green card holders & their families) living in or moving to Europe.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Instead, that safeguard mainly has enabled party leaders like Harmon to collect sums well above the law’s ordinary caps on individual contributions from politically connected, big-money donors like unions and other special interests.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
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There were no public interest groups involved, despite the fact that some related risks, such as the accidental release of new pathogens, was relevant to everyone.—
Eva Amsen,
JSTOR Daily,
11 June 2025
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This suggests that interest group organizing is currently insufficient to overcome the challenge of getting a representative subsample of those who are affected by legislation to testify.—
Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz,
Baltimore Sun,
5 June 2025
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Groups like Protect Our Jobs, a political action committee spending money advocating for clean energy jobs, is funneling money into ads targeting House Republicans who supported the reconciliation bill.—
Barbara Sprunt,
NPR,
12 June 2025
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That money wound up in the account of a political action committee set up by DeSantis’ former chief of staff, James Uthmeier, to defeat a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 June 2025
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Inside, the report notes that 72% of book challenges come either from pressure groups and officials who have been swayed by them.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Inside, the report notes that 72% of book challenges come either from pressure groups and officials who have been swayed by them.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Vested interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vested%20interest. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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