confidentiality agreement

noun

: nondisclosure agreement
The company required that candidates for high-level positions agree to sign a confidentiality agreement before being hired.
In Houston this month, Gibson screened the unfinished film for a group of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant leaders—all of whom signed a confidentiality agreement.Richard Corliss

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The media giant has created a data room where interested parties that sign confidentiality agreements can examine its books. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025 And usually there are constraints imposed by confidentiality agreements. Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025 Bonds believes the statistics from his study in Virginia, which found that 80% of the 31 data center deals in the state had used NDAs, are most likely a low estimate of the number of confidentiality agreements used in the state’s data center projects. Natalie Kainz, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025 Still, the couple’s plans remained largely under wraps — helped by confidentiality agreements signed by attendees and workers. Aaron Parsley, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for confidentiality agreement

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First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of confidentiality agreement was in 1969

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“Confidentiality agreement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidentiality%20agreement. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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