outside interest

noun

: an activity that someone enjoys doing when not working
She has a number of outside interests.

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Lowe has drawn outside interest, but should sign for no more than $6 million per year when all is said and signed. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026 If there’s truly no outside interest, Chicago could also opt to bury him in the minors. — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 20 June 2026 One concern voters raised, Ahmed said, was over the flood of commercials by outside interest groups. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 What’s changed, in her view, isn’t the presence of outside interests in the information ecosystem. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for outside interest

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“Outside interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outside%20interest. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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