safe harbor
Americannoun
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a harbor considered safe for a ship, as in wartime or during a storm at sea.
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any place or situation that offers refuge or protection.
Example Sentences
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For private equity — in which investors buy into companies that aren’t available on the public market — sports offers safe harbor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
In a letter to the Labor Department, the CFP Board warned that the proposal’s prescribed process and safe harbor “create a serious risk that prudence will be reduced to a check-the-box exercise.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
The next month, she announced that she was leaving the safe harbor of Fox News for the open seas of NBC.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
The rule proposed Monday makes clear that so-called continuation funds, where a firm buys a fund from its own affiliate using its own proprietary valuation methods, wouldn’t be eligible for the Labor Department’s safe harbor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
In the safe harbor of each other’s company they could afford to abandon the ways of other people and concentrate on their own perceptions of things.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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