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(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims
the iron interests stepped up production
How To Use interest group In A Sentence
- We are not accountable to special interest groups on the right or the left. Times, Sunday Times
- He was not going to conduct his presidency through interest groups, by balancing one constituency against another and engaging in the customary horse-trading on the Hill. The Good Fight
- Instead, political interest groups reach out directly, using computerized mailing lists and modems in addition to the old-fashioned campaign techniques.
- Before 1974, the State was based on corporative bodies representing different interest groups (the military, the Church, landholders, workers' syndicates, etc.).
- Interest groups, which are associated with sectionalism and the possible exercise of sanctions, appear to be inimical to ideas of reasoned discussion and the general welfare.
- You may be closer to the truth than any of us will ever know ... what with the corruption and back-scratching going on among and between many of our government officials and private-interest groups. Taking Odds On A Western Wolf Hunt
- Concrete decisions on vital improvements to the road, rail and air networks have taken decades and too regularly turned out to be an ill-judged compromise between opposing interest groups.
- Special interest groups and partisan politics have blocked all efforts at reform since 1986.
- Family GuyFamily Guy inherited the dysfunctional family mantle - or perhaps mantlepiece, since it's still all suburban - and pushed the boundaries further than The Simpsons has in a long time, frequently offending at least eight separate special interest groups in one 23 minute show. The Flintstones celebrate 50 year anniversary with a Google doodle
- Compromises would not attract the support of the key interest groups in either and would be impossible to implement.