public interest

Example Sentences

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It’s always difficult to make a series or film that explores the pressures of fame and media-fed public interest without seeming hypocritical.

From Los Angeles Times

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission said it had decided it was "in the public interest" to investigate Monday's police operation after receiving a "significant number of complaints".

From BBC

In her ruling, Fischer chastised the city for abuses in the discovery process and defiance of court orders, which “prolonged this case for years, delaying the resolution of issues obviously of great public interest and interfering with the Court’s need to manage its docket.”

From Los Angeles Times

Shah found that the states had shown they would “suffer irreparable harm” from the cuts, and that the public interest would not be harmed by temporarily halting them — and as a result granted the states a temporary restraining order halting the administration’s action for 14 days while the litigation continues.

From Los Angeles Times

An investigation into the proposed £500m takeover of the Telegraph by the owners of the Daily Mail has been ordered by the government on public interest and competition grounds.

From BBC