vested interests
Example Sentences
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Perhaps these calls for intervention and restraint are self-dealing by powerful vested interests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Webb was championed by retail investors, who saw him as a rare outlier in a corporate world known for vested interests and opacity -- and a headache for regulators whose failings he laid bare.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
In other words, things that have been checked by experts and, and not just asserted by vested interests in business, in commerce, in politics, and so on.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2024
In the past few years, a number of celebrities have run into legal trouble for promoting crypto to followers without disclosing that they had vested interests.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024
Still another factor is compatibility with vested interests.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
