in the national/public interest
idiom
: likely to help the nation/public
a policy that is not in the national/public interest
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Still, to justify issuing future permits, the Department of Energy must determine that each new export operation is in the public interest.
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Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
Carr has threatened to revoke licenses by wielding the FCC's authority to ensure that broadcast stations using public airwaves operate in the public interest, despite previous chairs saying the First Amendment prevents the FCC from revoking licenses based on content.
—Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2024
Wilson’s team had argued that the defamation case should be dismissed because Wilson’s claims were in the public interest.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
Max Kautsch, a First Amendment rights lawyer in Lawrence, Kansas, said the state's open records law turns on whether disclosure of a document is in the public interest.
—Chloe Melas, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
Carr has threatened to revoke licenses by wielding the FCC's authority to ensure that broadcast stations using public airwaves operate in the public interest, despite previous chairs saying the First Amendment prevents the FCC from revoking licenses based on content.
—Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2024
Wilson’s team had argued that the defamation case should be dismissed because Wilson’s claims were in the public interest.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
Max Kautsch, a First Amendment rights lawyer in Lawrence, Kansas, said the state's open records law turns on whether disclosure of a document is in the public interest.
—Chloe Melas, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2024
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