public interest
Example Sentences
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It described the false announcement as a "very significant inaccuracy" on a matter of "very high public interest".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, which held the FCC is required by federal law to repeal or modify regulations that are no longer in the public interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The measure supported by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr will allow the agency to approve deals that put station ownership groups over the cap if the agency determines that they are promoting the public interest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
A public interest firm willing to carry the case without charge, because no sane person spends airplane money in legal fees to recover an airplane.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
Even more palpably, the fullest expression of his best energies always occurred when the long-term public interest, as he understood it, clashed with the political imperatives of the moment.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
