self-interested
Example Sentences
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On the one hand, the move is transparently self-interested: “Meta plainly did not want to be the only platform competing with one hand tied behind its back,” Engstrom said.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
But you wouldn’t want to make this determination based on the shrieking of the self-interested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Shaw has framed her campaign as a populist effort against a failed and self-interested status quo establishment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Your wife is speaking from her own sense of morality and justice, but she’s also speaking from a self-interested perspective.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
But noticing where the conventional wisdom may be false—noticing, perhaps, the contrails of sloppy or self-interested thinking—is a nice place to start asking questions.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
