self-serving
Example Sentences
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In a statement Tuesday, TWG Global decried “multipronged attacks against TWG … by unnamed sources with self-serving interests.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
This conception of the court’s role is both self-serving and an ambitious overstatement.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
That claim was dismissed as "self-serving" by Greenpeace, whose UK chief scientist Doug Parr said approving the field would be "reckless and indefensible" in the context of international commitments to slow down global warming.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Some agencies have party members read offenders’ confessions and watch documentaries depicting cases of self-serving officials who worked for their own gain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
They knew what had happened at school, and what was happening now, but they dismissed it in that self-serving way parents often had of pretending anything they can’t solve is not really a problem.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
