What does public interest mean?

Definitions for public interest
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  1. public interestnoun

    common good

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  1. Public interest

    The public interest is "the welfare or well-being of the general public" and society.

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  1. Public interest

    The public interest refers to the "common well-being" or "general welfare". The public interest is central to policy debates, politics, democracy and the nature of government itself. While nearly everyone claims that aiding the common well-being or general welfare is positive, there is little, if any, consensus on what exactly constitutes the public interest, or whether the concept itself is a coherent one.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of public interest in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of public interest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of public interest in a Sentence

  1. Judge John Kane:

    The public interest is best served by the free exchange of ideas.

  2. Ady Barkan:

    I supported Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in the primary because Elizabeth Warren gave me hope. I was inspired by Elizabeth Warren bold progressive vision. Joe Biden was not my pick, and when Elizabeth Warren dropped out I was devastated. Maybe you felt the same way, and that is exactly why I wanted to tell you why I am supporting Joe Biden in this election and why I hope you will too, i am endorsing Joe Biden for president because Joe Biden for president is everything Donald Trump is not : compassionate, intelligent and committed to the public interest.

  3. Alan Dershowitz:

    I have never said that a president can do anything if he believes that United States is in the public interest to get reelected, thats simply false. I started my speech in The Senate by saying I completely support the impeachment of [ Richard ] Nixon, who everything he did, he did because he wanted to get reelected. And clearly he thought his reelection was in the public interest.

  4. Karen Kaiser:

    The press is a proxy for the people, and AP will continue its pursuit of vital information that's in the public interest through this action and future open records requests.

  5. William Howard Taft:

    In the public interest, therefore, it is better that we lose the services of the exceptions who are good Judges after they are seventy and avoid the presence on the Bench of men who are not able to keep up with the work, or to perform it satisfactorily.

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