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.—
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His habit of requiring employees to sign confidentiality agreements and then gliding among them nearly nude has drawn some negative comment, as have his penile metrics.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Bay Mills then pushed for a separate confidentiality agreement, but the Army Corps responded that because no law requires permit applicants to sign such agreements, they couldn’t be enforced.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
At the time, it was reported that both Blackstone and Apollo had gone on to sign confidentiality agreements to review documents to shape a potential bid.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 25 July 2025
The paper’s authors contend that even if there are positives, the public doesn’t yet know the extent of their costs, which are often obscured by tax privacy laws, confidentiality agreements or a sheer lack of research.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
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Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Bay Mills then pushed for a separate confidentiality agreement, but the Army Corps responded that because no law requires permit applicants to sign such agreements, they couldn’t be enforced.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
At the time, it was reported that both Blackstone and Apollo had gone on to sign confidentiality agreements to review documents to shape a potential bid.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 25 July 2025
The paper’s authors contend that even if there are positives, the public doesn’t yet know the extent of their costs, which are often obscured by tax privacy laws, confidentiality agreements or a sheer lack of research.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for confidentiality agreement
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“Confidentiality agreement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidentiality%20agreement. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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