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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
Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Ricochet Ricochet has tried his hardest to reinvent himself as a Twitter heel, but the act has fallen short in terms of generating real-life interest.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Camille Freestone, Vogue, 13 May 2025
Topics include retirement, nonprofits/charities, personal finance, taxes, scandals and other matters that interest him.
—William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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Noun
Nippon Steel also had pledged not to conduct layoffs or plant closings during the term of the existing labor agreement and to protect the best interests of U.S. Steel in trade matters.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Ricochet Ricochet has tried his hardest to reinvent himself as a Twitter heel, but the act has fallen short in terms of generating real-life interest.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Verb
Ralph Lauren and Karlie Kloss have both previously worked with Roblox, and Burke says Dress to Impress has a list of luxury brands interested in partnerships.
—Camille Freestone, Vogue, 13 May 2025
Topics include retirement, nonprofits/charities, personal finance, taxes, scandals and other matters that interest him.
—William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interest
Noun
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In late 2022, BBC Studios Productions had taken a 25 percent stake in the company.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
29 May 2025
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As that stack grows to include 6G and quantum, U.S. global infrastructure leadership is at stake.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Years later, Clinton, signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act , which replaced direct welfare assistance with TANF block grants.—
Lenwood V. Long,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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DeSantis administration officials have claimed the program has helped 30,000 people off welfare but have provided scant details about who and how.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2025
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Navarro has also reportedly advised Rubio on real estate transactions, and his firm loaned Rubio $850,000 in January 2021, with Navarro serving as the witness for the loan agreement.—
David Catanese,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2025
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If your firm is pivoting direction—whether in products, markets or partnerships—don’t assume stakeholders will follow just because the logic is sound.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Two decades ago, Florida officials reformed ethics rules and laws to prevent special interests from influencing state business through freebies such as meals, beverages and trips.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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But libraries were established for the purpose of circulating freely books for the common good, not books designed for some special interests such as those professing woke-ism or those pushing the LGBT agenda, books which poison the mind and preach hatred.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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The sun's outer atmosphere — the corona — has long intrigued scientists due to its extreme temperatures, violent eruptions and towering prominences — vast filaments of plasma extending out from the solar surface.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
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And while that performance will certainly intrigue the Yankees, there could be a couple of obstacles in acquiring Eovaldi.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Eagle, desperate to avoid denying Palace their place in Europe, could yet conclude a sale of its shares.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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That compares with $942 million, or $2.03 per share, in the year-ago period.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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Many of Home Depot’s competitors and suppliers have been raising prices to mitigate cost increases from the 10% universal tariffs on every product entering the United States and higher levies on Chinese goods.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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With uncertainty around the Chinese appetite for luxury goods and a possible global recession, brands are cutting back on marketing spent, and 520, or the Chinese Valentine’s Day that lands on Tuesday, is the first one to go.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
20 May 2025
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His company represents more than 200 international bands and solo artists, including Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses, the Mexican rock band Kinky, the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra and San Diego’s Pierce The Veil.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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After over 15 years in the company, Jey Uso has established himself as one of the most popular Superstars in WWE.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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“Interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interest. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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