arm's length

Example Sentences

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They have no good options, but a shift to an arm’s-length relationship is likely to make for a less pleasant business environment for U.S. companies operating overseas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Yet CEOs have a fiduciary duty to conceal strategic information that could tip off competitors from arm’s-length shareholders.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

Mr Campbell said it was time for the Scottish government, which part-funds the game through its arm's-length body SportScotland, to intervene.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025

“This is an arm’s-length business relationship,” Vartian said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024

As the dome does not turn easily, it has been necessary to multiply the gearing of the mechanism so that one arm’s-length pull on the rope moves the dome only about one inch.

From Photographs of Nebul? and Clusters Made with the Crossley Reflector by Keeler, James Edward