How to Use interest group in a Sentence

interest group

noun
  • One main interest group opposed the bill, the CTA, and the bill died in committee.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
  • These have been the work of single interest groups usually from the far right.
    John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024
  • Free Press was one of the public interest groups that sued the commission.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2019
  • For the past three decades, the N.R.A. has been one of the most influential special-interest groups in the country.
    Mike Spies, The New Yorker, 30 July 2019
  • Other plans look as though they were just written to get good grades from D.C. interest groups.
    Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2018
  • And outside groups more than doubled the amount in play for the race -- as super PACs and other interest groups have flooded the zone.
    Aaron Kessler, CNN, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Now, the interest groups are figuring out their next moves.
    Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 9 July 2024
  • With the first public hearing set for next week, interest groups are blasting away from all sides.
    Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Ask for help from an outside interest group, and help soon arrives.
    Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2022
  • All of this has made Mr. Pruitt a target of the ruling iron triangle of bureaucrats, interest groups and the press.
    Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Spokesmen for the two interest groups called the reforms a good first step but want to see more stringent protections.
    Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 June 2018
  • That is by far the biggest tax credit the state gives to any particular interest group and is the most any state in the United States provides.
    Rodney Ho, ajc, 30 Mar. 2022
  • To her surprise, an interest group paid for mailers blasting her for those views.
    Washington Post, 19 June 2020
  • Indeed, there was lots of bed-wetting on the left and second-guessing from liberal interest groups in the run-up to the election.
    James Hohmann, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Several smaller interest groups, such as the crafters, have found new homes.
    Steve Dreyer, Pomerado News, 1 July 2019
  • At the time, ACA reform efforts teetered as interest groups feuded and Democrats struggled to settle on a plan.
    Phil Galewitz, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
  • All these interest groups are ramping up the pressure on Congress.
    Matthew Cooper, Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2017
  • Before that, First Ladies may have arranged to have their own portraits done, or like-minded interest groups would pay for them.
    Time, 12 Feb. 2018
  • The start of Brett Kavanaugh’s tenure on the Supreme Court may look like a victory for one interest group or another.
    Elly Belle, Teen Vogue, 10 Oct. 2018
  • Business-interest groups sued the city over the voter threshold officials used to pass the measure.
    Dominic Fracassa, SFChronicle.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The meeting is for members and friends to reconnect and consider joining one of the club’s 38 interest groups.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • To try to dismantle the establishment, trying to avoid the big donor scene, not getting too close to interest groups.
    Washington Post, 11 June 2019
  • But several interest groups pushing ideas such as term limits for justices and expanding the size of the court have yet to make a splash.
    Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 19 June 2019
  • The bill’s supporters say the root of the problem is the influence of powerful interest groups who can buy their way onto the ballot.
    Nadia Lopez, Bloomberg.com, 5 June 2023
  • Smaller interest groups that have invested less in Twitter ads have less to lose.
    Amrita Khalid, Quartz, 6 Nov. 2019
  • For instance, a coalition of media and public interest groups sued then-Gov.
    Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 1 Nov. 2017
  • But that hasn’t stopped one powerful interest group from hoping it can still strike a deal with lawmakers.
    Liam Dillon, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
  • In a process between party leaders, interest groups, and others, there can be much back and forth before a platform gets adopted by the party for the next four years.
    Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 June 2024
  • But rather than making a forceful call to action, Biden did it quietly, over protests from progressive interest groups.
    David Ignatius, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • The transformed system wasn’t perfect, but allowing interest groups, the public and reporters to see what was being considered was a big step forward.
    Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024

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