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public interest
noun
1.
the welfare or well-being of the general public; commonwealth:
health programs that directly affect the public interest.
2.
appeal or relevance to the general populace:
a news story of public interest.
Origin:
1670–80
Related forms
pub·lic-in·terest,
adjective
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