sweetheart deal
noun
plural sweetheart deals
chiefly US
: an unusually advantageous arrangement or agreement
If they wanted to leave, they could have done so before the stadium expansion and received a sweetheart deal from someplace else.—
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especially
: one that is obtained through personal or business connections or influence
His original 606,302 investment—most of it borrowed from a bank where he was once a director—netted him a fortune of $18.4 million, and accusations that he had benefited from a sweetheart deal. —David Hume Kennerly
David Hume Kennerly The company also used its clout to cut through the logjam of carrier requirements that had stifled innovation in the phone industry for years, essentially forcing AT&T into a sweetheart deal that put Apple in the driver's seat. —Brian X. Chen
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Jewish students at Rutgers are accusing the Biden administration of cutting a sweetheart deal that lets the New Jersey university off the hook for allowing a persistent culture of antisemitism.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
The Miami-Dade prosecutor had given Brown a sweetheart deal: 25 years in prison and immunity from prosecution for one of Miami’s worst mass shootings.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
In 2013, an initial inquiry was launched into whether Apple had engaged in sweetheart deals with Ireland to lower its tax bills.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Instead of industry insiders cutting sweetheart deals with their former colleagues before returning to the private sector to claim their reward, the HHS will be led by a crusading reformer who has repeatedly shone a harsh spotlight on some of the health care industry's most questionable practices.
—Michael Glassner and John Pence, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Fox News Staff, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
The Miami-Dade prosecutor had given Brown a sweetheart deal: 25 years in prison and immunity from prosecution for one of Miami’s worst mass shootings.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
In 2013, an initial inquiry was launched into whether Apple had engaged in sweetheart deals with Ireland to lower its tax bills.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Instead of industry insiders cutting sweetheart deals with their former colleagues before returning to the private sector to claim their reward, the HHS will be led by a crusading reformer who has repeatedly shone a harsh spotlight on some of the health care industry's most questionable practices.
—Michael Glassner and John Pence, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Sweetheart deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweetheart%20deal. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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