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interest

[in-ter-ist, -trist] / ˈɪn tər ɪst, -trɪst /


NOUN
advantage
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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But growth is estimated to slow in 2027 to 1.2% due to higher energy prices and long-term interest rates weighing on household spending and business investment.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The Bank itself has predicted inflation could rise above 4% at the beginning of next year - making it more likely that interest rates will rise.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

This evidence suggests they were already planning to dilute Yugraneft's interest and that the argument they used in court about financing was a smokescreen.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The idea seems to be that the state down payment loan would obviate the higher interest rates buyers would otherwise have to pay under federal programs if they put only 3% down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Despite his growing interest in Maggie, Dr. Kane refused to believe that spirits tipped tables, rang bells, or rapped messages to communicate.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

But he says "more than 30 years worth of behaviors" will need altering to make the railway run solely in the interests of the customer.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

It also serves America’s energy needs and national-security interests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Here was this woman who liked her job, or at least the store where she worked, and liked making things, and had found a wonderfully weird way to combine those interests.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Stella said he was "disappointed" more than anything, pointing out that this was far from the first conversation he had had with the drivers on the need to put the team's interests first.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

She wasn’t particularly fascinated by aviation—her other interests were theater and poetry.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

She’s more interested in what simply auditioning made her feel, how she came alive, if only for a brief few moments until Jerry cut her off.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

What his firm is interested in: the data centers in Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Sweden it bought with Genesis Digital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

"Alongside these findings, there is also growing evidence of medicinal practices and the use of plants among Neanderthals, which is why we were interested in the use of birch tar in this context," says Siemssen.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

For her, someone's current salary isn't necessarily particularly useful information anyway as she says she's much more interested in "whether someone is ambitious and driven than what they earn monetarily".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

But then she said, “Are you interested in acting? You have a beautiful face. And all that hair.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The researchers then asked an even more interesting question: If declining Menin contributes to aging, could restoring the protein reverse some of the damage?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

“That was such an interesting flip of the usual framing,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

More interesting than why the spreads are widening is the disconnect between the stocks’ performance and the credit market’s assessment.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

Or to precede: Had it never taken place, the vast internal migration ignited by the California Gold Rush would have remained the single most interesting event in 19th-century America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Very well. Let us take no more than three minutes to collect our bird-watching equipment. If we are in luck, we will find some interesting specimens before teatime.”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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