public interest

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public interest

noun

  1. uncountable Common good. The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he ha
  2. uncountable Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: public interest. Given her complex history with public interest in her dating life, I say, it seems noteworthy that her relationship with Kelce has played out so publicly.

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noun common good

日本語公益 kōeki
हिन्दीजनहित janhit, लोकहित lokhit
Deutschöffentliches Interesse

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@misc{public_interest_2026,
  title = {public interest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/public%20interest},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}