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lobbyist

noun as in special interest representative

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She gave a touching speech as she departed, referencing the death of her husband, political lobbyist and therapist Derek Draper.

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The company has hired four U.S. lobbying firms this year, spending about $800,000 on lobbying in the first nine months of this year after hiring no lobbyists the previous year, according to federal records.

Some business lobbyists said that donating to the Trust for the National Mall was a good way to curry favor with the administration without giving to an explicitly political committee.

He later filed a formal application for a pardon and hired U.S. lobbyists.

GM was one of the biggest lobbyists for eliminating California’s ability to set its own emissions standards, which the company said were unrealistic and out of step with consumer preferences.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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