in the interest of
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- idiom
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en interés de
- In the interest of fairness, everyone should have a chance to speak.
- in the interest of brevity
- in the interest of national security
- in the interest of public safety
Can we really define what is in the interest of a person?
- Can we really define what is in the interest of a person?
- We have not governed in the interest of effective public policy.
- What's good for, you know, the body is also in the interest of the planet and future generations.
- We need to rethink the city in the interest of people.
- So we offer this show in the interest of your enlightenment, your health, and your wisdom.
- And in so doing, they create law on the spot, in the interests of the state, without democratic oversight.
- He said our mission here is to suppress our individual wills in the interest of the whole, the whole of the Puritans.
- It views the law as the realm of regulation of voluntary transactions for the public good, in the interest of the overall public.
- And he and he has no legal precedent available to him to force them to do that because it's in the interest of national security.
- And in the interest of avoiding a World War, I guess the question is, how do we avoid a World War?
- Well, in the interest of getting it through this lecture on schedule, we'll go look at the results that we get.
Examples
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I can release your sister on her own recognizance and dismiss this case in the interest of justice.
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We did everything that was reasonable in the interest of public protection and safety.
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The decision was made in the interest of national security.
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All in the interest of science.
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We have not governed in the interest of effective public policy.
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Traditional programs have promoted weight loss in the interest of health.
Academic text (1994) -
The unity movement should support Trump if he is doing things that are in the interest of solving the nation's long term problems.
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I write this in the interest of the people, who are being neglected by a debauched king.
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Ms. President, in the interest of national security, I strongly recommend we militarize this project immediately.
Fiction book (1997) -
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons, my government will legislate in the interests of everyone in our country.
Synonyms
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To help someone or something
Antonyms
How Beneficial
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'for the benefit or sake of' is directly compositional: 'interest' conveys purpose/advantage and the prepositional frame 'in ... of' marks relation, so a learner who knows the constituents can infer the phrase's sense. This is a common, cross-linguistic pattern (e.g. French 'dans l'intérêt de', Spanish 'en interés de') and follows standard English prepositional composition, making it transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
In the interest of uses interest in the sense of what is 'good for' someone or something. So, doing something in the interest of public safety means you do it to help or protect safety, that is, 'for the benefit of' that thing.