outside interest
noun
: an activity that someone enjoys doing when not working
She has a number of outside interests.
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The public now sees a more stoic player with a plethora of outside interests, but mistaking his demeanor for complacency is dangerous.
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Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Sustained misery: If Butler isn’t traded by Feb. 6, opts into his 2025-26 Heat salary because of either a lack of outside money or outside interest, and then turns these past few weeks of acting out into months and months and months.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
Those outside interests will test Rubio’s longstanding positions advocating for maximum pressure on the Venezuelan regime.
—Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Mayo had garnered outside interest for a couple of head-coaching vacancies, and Kraft, who thought Mayo was destined to be a successful head coach, didn’t want to see any more brain drain from Belichick’s staff.
—Chad Graff, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
And a slew of outside interest groups didn't want to change the status quo either.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
That history has some residents worried that a library election would attract outside interest groups seeking to influence local politics.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2024
The gains followed a pair of reports indicating outside interest in Intel as the company seeks to reverse its stock slump.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
None of the old missions was discarded, however, and each attracted outside interest groups that supported different departmental factions: consumers of timber, homeowners, real estate developers, environmentalists, aspiring firefighters, and so forth.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
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Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Sustained misery: If Butler isn’t traded by Feb. 6, opts into his 2025-26 Heat salary because of either a lack of outside money or outside interest, and then turns these past few weeks of acting out into months and months and months.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
Those outside interests will test Rubio’s longstanding positions advocating for maximum pressure on the Venezuelan regime.
—Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Mayo had garnered outside interest for a couple of head-coaching vacancies, and Kraft, who thought Mayo was destined to be a successful head coach, didn’t want to see any more brain drain from Belichick’s staff.
—Chad Graff, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
And a slew of outside interest groups didn't want to change the status quo either.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
That history has some residents worried that a library election would attract outside interest groups seeking to influence local politics.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2024
The gains followed a pair of reports indicating outside interest in Intel as the company seeks to reverse its stock slump.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
None of the old missions was discarded, however, and each attracted outside interest groups that supported different departmental factions: consumers of timber, homeowners, real estate developers, environmentalists, aspiring firefighters, and so forth.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
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“Outside interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outside%20interest. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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