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interest

[in-ter-ist, -trist] / ˈɪn tər ɪst, -trɪst /


NOUN
advantage
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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Says Snapes: “Music is so much more than a ‘men’s interest’ or leisure pursuit.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2024

The activists argue that “every promising protective policy seems as though it could be circumvented with each platform’s arbitrary ‘newsworthiness’ or ‘public interest’ exception.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022

“It has some mutations that could be called ‘mutations of interest’ because they are the kinds of mutations that make a variant become a variant of interest,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2021

“Although it could continue to prepare for no deal, as it would be seen as being ‘in the national interest’, it would be restricted in how it communicated about it.

From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2019

Any movement on the part of the Roman Catholics during this reign, and indeed, ever since, always raised an alarm of the 'Protestant interest' in danger.

From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by Godkin, James




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