How to Use of interest in a Sentence

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  • This method can also be used to survey and assess other marine species of interest that the sea lions caught on camera.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The Dow rose due to a decrease in inflation and the growing likelihood of interest rate cuts.
    — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Another point of interest for Musk of late is the presidential election.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Investors have recently been moving into real estate stocks as expectations of interest rate cuts grow as well.
    — Weizhen Tan, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Show younger kids the playground, their classroom, lunch tables and other areas of interest to them, such as the library or STEM lab.
    — Contributing Writer, Orange County Register, 6 Aug. 2024
  • That’s because the Fed expects the current high level of interest rates to increasingly restrict the economy and cool inflation over time.
    — Simon Moore, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • There are still ways to add pops of interest to a room, though.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Mosasaurus wasn’t just of interest to researchers, though.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
  • Two birds dropped out after a lack of interest in the tablet, while one bird showed signs of stress and anxiety.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
  • But that debt comes at a cost in the form of interest owed to investors for lending money to Uncle Sam.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN, 2 Aug. 2023
  • At least in the early life of the restaurant, the dining room looks like Black Friday at the mall; no matter the day of the week, there’s a crush of interest in the 70 or so seats.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Of course, the Rhode Skin mogul managed to add a bit of interest with the jacket's dramatic shoulder pads and, of course, the socks and sandals.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 29 June 2023
  • But the process of locating that zone of interest, that question, feels like falling in love.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The all-you-can-eat eatery is of interest in part because of its location at 1803 Bardstown Road in the Highlands.
    — Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Or perhaps these artists aren’t of interest to the museum.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Despite the strong move, local trading desks did not appear to see a lot of interest.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The peak of interest in the NFL draft is Thursday, but events and activities go into the weekend.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
  • This isn’t simply his name and logo attached to the title for the sake of interest and attention.
    — Tim Booth, oregonlive, 7 July 2023
  • Meanwhile, the $20 coin also garnered a huge amount of interest.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Over the last year, the Federal Reserve has imposed an aggressive string of interest rate hikes last seen in the 1980s.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The author of Sunbeams, Joseph Wulf, jumped out of a window to his death in 1974, despairing over the lack of interest in his life’s work of bringing Nazi war crimes to light.
    — Hazlitt, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Pessimists like to point to the level of interest rates, that their bite is waiting to take hold, and that inflation will prove stubborn.
    — Robert Hormats, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Their skill level is key, but so is the level of interest a kid has at a particular time, says Dr. Klein, and this, too, will change over time.
    — Tanya Edwards, Parents, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Looking ahead, investors will be closely watching the path of interest rates as well.
    — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Candidates must live in District 7 and should submit resumes or letters of interest to the City Clerk by 5 p.m. that day.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Though Jameela is growing, Sekani is showing no signs of interest in being a mother, according to the zoo.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Jess Simpson, the head of a property firm in England, noted that she’s seen the amount of interest from buyers across the pond increase threefold over the last year.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
  • But it’s gotten a lot of interest from — and stirred up hope for — people trying to get help for family members.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
  • After finding the victims, police identified Jamie Bell as a person of interest in their shootings and launched a search of the area.
    — Collin Robisheaux, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • The person of interest is not an employee of the bar, but is a regular patron, Caponera said.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2023

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