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
Disclosure rules similarly make anonymous trading and arm’s-length shareholding safe.
From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026
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
Most Americans assess this conflict the way they do many others: at arm’s-length and an ocean away.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023
On the way to church, and indeed, in all walks abroad, you held the hand of an aunt; the circumferent crinolines made the holding an arm's-length business, very tiring.
From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth
