arm's length

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“What we have to think about with a lot of these affiliations in place is trying to make sure that these arm’s-length assessments are still happening,” Mears said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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

He is slightly farther than arm’s-length away and does not make contact with the man.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2024

The merger appeared to be as far from an arm’s-length transaction as human arms could allow.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 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