How to Use vested in a Sentence

vested

adjective
  • Failure to abide by that rule would put their vested equity at risk.
    — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 4 June 2024
  • As a vested veteran, Brown did not have to pass through waivers.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 31 Aug. 2022
  • But the people knocked over this past week were not wealthy, vested interests.
    — Kirk W. Johnson, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2017
  • Duolingo said about half of its workforce of roughly 400 own vested shares.
    — Nina Trentmann, WSJ, 29 July 2021
  • If this is true, then faith leaders with a vested stake in their religion's longevity have cause to rejoice.
    — Lauren Jackson, CNN, 20 Sep. 2017
  • This is why the state is showing a vested interest in training teachers for these early grades.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 5 June 2024
  • The hard part is deciding to do this before vested interests arrive on the moon.
    — Antony Davies, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The end result may be a regulation some group with a vested interest doesn’t like.
    — Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • Many were business owners who had a vested interest in reopening the state.
    — Katie Scofield, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Those details aside, though, there was a broader appeal to this game from those who didn’t have a vested interest in the outcome.
    — Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • But there are lots of vested interests to stand up to, including some of the most formidable.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2021
  • And since the league is owned by its players, everyone involved has a vested interest in its success.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Employees will remain vested in the rewards until the chain gets acquired.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2021
  • There seems to be a vested interest in maintaining the apathy of our young people.
    — Holly Jones, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
  • What to make of the big business Covid-19 has become, with its vested interests?
    — New York Times, 13 Dec. 2021
  • As your circle widens this year, these few will be more vested in your career direction and may even help steer with key introductions.
    — Rebecca Gordon, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Dec. 2016
  • Countless countries have a vested interest in the war in Ukraine, and many of them have the tools to act on that interest.
    — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Taylor Swift has some thoughts on the public’s vested interest in her personal life.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
  • But forfeiting vested carry as well as unvested is less common, comp experts agreed.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But the breadth and scope of the program means that every American has a vested interest in its success as well.
    — Brian Castrucci, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • For now, power remains vested in humans, and Diella is not up to the job of managing a ministry.
    — Tharin Pillay, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • All Democrats need to understand that the extreme left has a vested interest in keeping them in a frenzy.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
  • McEnroe has a vested interest in selling that version of the story.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 June 2025
  • So, there were so many vested interests, not to mention that the ferry was owned by the Spreckels company, as well.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
  • As a vested veteran, Carter wouldn’t be subject to waivers if the Browns cut him next week and then brought him back before the season.
    — Zac Jackson, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Lobstein said that governments around the world were reluctant to take on large food companies that had a vested increase in the status quo.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The payouts the following year were larger and the most vested artists from those pools received as much as $6,000 each.
    — New York Times, 27 July 2021
  • But of course, Hoffman has a vested interest in arguing each of these positions.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • For Cristina there’s a group of vested interests which work in the shadows to their benefit and at the expense of the people.
    — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • Most entrepreneurs have a vested interest in making their business successful for as long as possible.
    — John Hall, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026

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