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public interest

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public interest
n.
1. The well-being of the general public; the commonweal.
2. The attention of the people with respect to events.


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Gradually it leaked out that Scarlett Trent was the buyer, and public interest leaped up at once.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
She had read the letter to the family, and Rowena had danced away to see to the cleaning and airing of the room by the slave woman, Nancy, and the boys had rushed abroad in the town to spread the great news, for it was a matter of public interest, and the public would wonder and not be pleased if not informed.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
Yet in reality those personal interests of the moment so much transcend the general interests that they always prevent the public interest from being felt or even noticed.
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