NOUN
- an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
How To Use special interest In A Sentence
- We are not accountable to special interest groups on the right or the left. Times, Sunday Times
- I was about to dismiss this as a sort of think-tanky special interest political advocacy group, but then I remembered that mothers are good. The Volokh Conspiracy » Mothers Against Debt
- The lecture will be of especial interest to history students.
- Not that the body he leads represents a niche special interest. Times, Sunday Times
- They supported the pork-barrelling and protection of special interests, fighting a desperate rearguard action against the advancing dries.
- Of special interest were the multi-media packages, which business executives could use to make product and service presentations to clients and prospective customers.
- He responded with courage and knocked back the load of special interests trying to weaken efforts to improve air quality.
- Most people get their news about global warming second-hand, but for those who want to keep their own finger on the pulse of the planet, two Web sites merit special interest.
- A strong president — and that's the only kind that gets re-elected — does not allow himself to be pushed around by special interests, including the "pro-Israel" lobby which will do everything it can to make him a one-termer. MJ Rosenberg: Israel Lobby's Last Minute GOP Push
- If you want narrow dogma, how about the plight of a major political party in which being pro-life disqualifies you from seeking national office because special interests forbid it?
