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public-interest group

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noun

  1. the usual US and Canadian name for pressure group

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Now those risks are seen as real, said Tammy Patrick, a senior adviser at the Democracy Fund, a nonpartisan public-interest group founded by entrepreneur and Democratic donor Pierre Omidyar.

From Reuters • Oct. 9, 2022

John Bergmayer of the public-interest group Public Knowledge, which often criticizes media consolidation, warned of harm to consumers from the AT&T deal.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2016

John Bergmayer of the public-interest group Public Knowledge, which often criticizes media consolidation, warned of harm to consumers from any AT&T deal.

From Washington Times • Oct. 22, 2016

“Is it 100% of what we wanted? No,” said John Bergmayer, a senior staff attorney at Public Knowledge, a public-interest group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 6, 2016

Free Press, a public-interest group with no corporate sponsors, has fueled a tweeting rally around net neutrality to get 2 million people to sign a petition for new rules.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2010