compelling interest

collocation in English

meaningsofcompellingandinterest

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compelling
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpel.ɪŋ/us
/kəmˈpel.ɪŋ/
If a reason, argument, etc. is compelling, it makes you believe it or accept it because it is ...
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interest
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.trəst/us
/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition ofcompellingandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcompelling interest

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A bit of mild fun to get into the spirit of the place, but, for me, hardly of any lasting orcompellinginterest.
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It will most certainly be ofcompellinginterestboth at the provincial and national level.
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All around us, though, were hundreds of people for whom the slots and tables obviously were of lasting andcompellinginterest.
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The court even seemed unsure whether the state had acompellinginterestto protect children from the psychological harm that watching these videos might cause.
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Something may be harmful without the government having anycompellinginterestin regulating it.
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As a constitutional matter, even high-value speech may be restricted provided the state does so in the pursuit of acompellinginterestand in the least restrictive manner possible.
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This approach to culture, while ofcompellinginterest, fails to address the critique levelled at it and therefore remains compromised.
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Therefore, they have acompellinginterestin the efficiency of the system which delivers justice.
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Prior to this case, thecompellinginterestrequired to justify affirmative action has been correcting the effects of historic discrimination.
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Likewise, a district may consider it acompellinginterestto achieve a diverse student population.
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Strict scrutiny requires that a state's means further itscompellinginterest...
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As such, the government had nocompellinginterestin prohibiting them from airing even during the election session.
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The party with the morecompellinginterestin most cases will have its interests upheld.
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Only if it served acompellinginterestcould the government treat members of different races differently.
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He has acompellinginterestin place....
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I think they have acompellinginterest...
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It was a reasonable requirement and was supported by acompellinginterestthat it could be justified in a free and democratic society.
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And that there is no practically available, less restrictive way similarly to further thiscompellinginterest.
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This meant that a government needed to have acompellinginterestregarding such a refusal.
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In this case, the plaintiffs argued that the state had nocompellinginterestto justify denying them the right to vote.
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