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interest

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


NOUN
advantage
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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“Pension funded status for the S&P 1500 rose 1% percent in September after interest rates climbed to 17-year highs,” said Marsh partner Matt McDaniel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

Yet as the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates in 2022 to fight inflation, tech stocks started charging higher following OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT in November 2022, as the below chart shows.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The dollar finished its fourth straight week of gains on investors’ expectations that the Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates to rein in inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

But the two siblings are lounging together on the couch, their sock-clad feet propped on the coffee table, eating McDonald’s and watching the news with less interest than I expected.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

“And she also had performance, theatrical interests at the time.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 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

Consequently, and in the interests of wider public interest and safety, I've come to the conclusion that the circumstances under which that decision was made have now changed considerably.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

While they all identify with their departments, they also have common interests, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Erasing history, Farmer liked to say, served the interests of power.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

“She was interested in art and doing very personal things — figure pieces, stars, moons. The cosmos was already there,” Preston said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

But “The Debut” is not only for those in, or interested in, the arts.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

"And I was just interested as to why that was happening."

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 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

I brought textbooks too, because I knew Togbe would be interested in some of the things in them.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

What was interesting was that, despite having had initial talks with the team about it after the sprint, Norris was still pushing his point of view after qualifying.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The more interesting point is when an equal-weight index wins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

A particularly interesting finding was that hair loss rarely appeared by itself.

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

But much more interesting, there was a man, as well.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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