interest

Example Sentences

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My interest in watching any film solely to make fun of it is slight.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said this week that U.S. interest rate policy was “in a good place” and that the Fed could wait for oil prices to come down.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said last week that interest rates could go in either direction, depending on the risks to the economy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 5, 2026

The limited inflow of new workers means the economy’s speed limit is lower, she said, and the risk of a miscalculation—holding interest rates either too low or too high—is greater.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

He was a civil engineer and a geologist, with a special interest in landslides.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone