special interest
noun
: a person or group seeking to influence legislative or government policy to further often narrowly defined interests
especially
: lobby
Examples of special interest in a Sentence
promised that as governor he would never be beholden to special interests
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Six Ways Kelly Loeffler Can Improve The SBA Reforming and modernizing the SBA would better meet the needs of America’s small-business owners and entrepreneurs, not special interests in Washington.
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Rohit Arora, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Yet, after the successes of the civil rights movement in the 1960s threatened to dilute his power base, the governor joined forces with special interest groups to promote policies intended to protect big business at the expense of everyday Alabamans.
—Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
All of this is enabled by policies that sail through Congress, regardless of which party is in power, thanks to the lobbying power of massive food, agriculture, and health care special interests.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Both squad members had criticized U.S. support for Israel and were the target of special interest spending by the super PAC American Israel Public Affairs Committee, more commonly known as AIPAC.
—Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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Rohit Arora, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Yet, after the successes of the civil rights movement in the 1960s threatened to dilute his power base, the governor joined forces with special interest groups to promote policies intended to protect big business at the expense of everyday Alabamans.
—Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
All of this is enabled by policies that sail through Congress, regardless of which party is in power, thanks to the lobbying power of massive food, agriculture, and health care special interests.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Both squad members had criticized U.S. support for Israel and were the target of special interest spending by the super PAC American Israel Public Affairs Committee, more commonly known as AIPAC.
—Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Special interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/special%20interest. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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