VESTED INTERESTS Synonyms: 5 Similar Words

vested interests

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plural of vested interest

as in interests

a group that benefits from a particular social, economic, or political privilege changes to the tax laws being challenged by vested interests

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The tension between the various competing interests is handled with nuance and without taking sides, all while showing both the pitfalls and the wondrous potential of this annual spectacle.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The resulting album, Exhale, sounds like a musical conversation, an attempt to find the overlap in their interests—and also, perhaps, to make sparks fly where their instincts clash.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026

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Allied interest groups across the Democratic spectrum also rescinded their endorsements and urged Platner to step aside.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 7 July 2026
The superintendent’s job is a notoriously difficult one, and many past heads of Chicago police have lasted only a few years amid pressure from interest groups, including the local police union.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of interest groups

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Increasingly, book bans are driven less by individuals than by politically motivated pressure groups targeting decision-makers.

— SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
The leader of the Ex-Slave Pension Association was later imprisoned on mail fraud charges, and the organization faded away, while the Eagles became one of the pressure groups that eventually led to Social Security.

— Trevor Jackson, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026

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