public interest
Example Sentences
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She could not escape public interest in her life or the pain of missing Elisha.
From Literature
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To survive this dark time, and to ultimately triumph over it, we Americans must relearn and internalize basic lessons about democracy and the rule of law such as accountability, transparency and serving the public interest and the common good — qualities that far too many of us, our leaders and other elites, either forgot or never learned in the first place.
From Salon
"This has had a chilling effect on my ability to conduct public interest journalism with source relationships damaged and, in some cases, destroyed."
From BBC
He said: "The Crown Estate should look out for public interest and look to save this precious institution... this place should not be turned into an office. Every time I go there I feel at home."
From BBC
We heard Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was "a rude, arrogant, entitled man who could not distinguish between the public interest, which he said he served, and his own private interest".
From BBC
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