How to Use vested interest in a Sentence

vested interest

noun
  • But each one of us has a stake and a vested interest in seeing this city succeed.
    — Kevin Litten, NOLA.com, 2018-05-07
  • House members were advised not to talk with anyone who has a vested interest in how the maps are drawn.
    — sun-sentinel.com, 2021-11-30
  • Wrestlers have a vested interest in virus protection, as well.
    — Dallas News, 2020-08-23
  • The first is confronting Britain’s new vested interests.
    — The Economist, 2017-10-12
  • The military has a vested interest in making all of those groups feel welcome.
    — Sarah Scoles, Wired, 2021-05-28
  • The mail service has a vested interest in either approach.
    — Jacob Bogage and Christopher Ingraham, Star Tribune, 2020-10-20
  • As anyone with a vested interest in the royals will know, Markle has been speaking to the press about...
    — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 2018-12-20
  • Allie Quigley, the star of the Italian squad, had a vested interest in that hand.
    — Joan Niesen, SI.com, 2019-07-25
  • The hiring manager has a vested interest in your taking the job.
    — Robin Ryan, Forbes, 2021-10-21
  • One team in particular will have a vested interest in the answer.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 2022-03-08
  • But one person making the case for Ohio is someone with a vested interest in the issue.
    — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 2019-10-10
  • The Dodgers are among the teams with a vested interest in knowing the answer as soon as possible.
    — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2020-12-08
  • And all three men — who have much of their net worth tied up in the company — have a vested interest in the stability of the firm.
    — New York Times, 2021-01-25
  • It's funded by the insurance industry, which has a vested interest in safer cars.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 2021-02-26
  • Because the mayor appoints police chiefs, Burge has a vested interest in that race.
    — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 2021-03-29
  • There is also the vested interest that pressure groups have in selling bad news in exchange for donations.
    — Matt Ridley, WSJ, 2018-11-15
  • But the vast majority of both men and women certainly have a vested interest in great-smelling, healthy balls.
    — Sarah Fielding, Men's Health, 2022-12-06
  • There’s nobody else in WestJet that has more of a vested interest in the success of the airline.
    — Bloomberg.com, 2018-03-08
  • But the school board also has a vested interest in how much FC Cincinnati would pay in taxes on the land.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 2018-02-14
  • In this model, the survival of the host determines the survival of the phage, so the phage has a vested interest in maintaining its host.
    — David Pride, Scientific American, 2020-12-07
  • Now, the elder Miles’ has a vested interest in how Nebraska fares every week.
    — Nick Krueger, ajc, 2017-09-16
  • But Steve Fessler and Randy Lord have a vested interest in one particular show — and not just any show.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 2022-06-11
  • Kansas City often sees a couple of local names tossed in the hat, but this year, Picollo had a vested interest.
    — Shaun Goodwin, kansascity, 2018-06-06
  • Watch the right guard on this play: That's what Bates and anyone else with a vested interest in Knox's success have been waiting to see for four years.
    — Bill Landis, cleveland.com, 2017-10-21
  • How can the network have someone who has a vested interest in one of the teams talking about NFL games, players and policies?
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2022-02-11
  • Brookfield has a vested interest in lifting the height restriction, contributing around two-thirds of funds raised by the Yes on E campaign.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2020-10-16
  • The Tokyo Olympics has no shortage of wealthy stakeholders: team sponsors, the media, and others have a vested interest in making the games work.
    — Alan Levine, STAT, 2020-12-22
  • There's a vested interest in telling this down-the-line rigid story about rhythm that hip hop subverted, R&B subverted, a lot of jazz subverted.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 2022-01-14
  • Sopina approached Carlsberg to donate 1,000 cans, but said the company had no vested interest in the outcome and were not involved in any part of the study.
    — Emma Reynolds, CNN, 2019-12-12
  • The Air Force also outsourced test design to a defense contractor that works on and has a vested interest in the F-35 program.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2018-07-11

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