How to Use conflict of interest in a Sentence

conflict of interest

noun phrase

• Another man’s guardian spent more than half of her ward’s life savings for care provided by her own private business — a flagrant conflict of interest that a judge permitted for years.
  — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2024
• The appearance of a conflict of interest is sin enough.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
• That’s a conflict of interest, and a conflict of values.
  — Amy Westervelt, The New Republic, 19 July 2023
• Some choose, however, to buy their own tickets to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2024
• Musk left the company in 2018 because of a conflict of interest with Tesla.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2023
• Bullock added that one of the three board members who resigned did so because of a conflict of interest with the board member’s daughter being hired at the school.
  — Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 22 May 2024
• As mentioned above, one of us (Sean) has a conflict of interest, having briefly served as a science consultant on this movie.
  — Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
• One of the researchers behind the study, seemingly by his own admission, appeared to have a conflict of interest.
  — AZCentral.com, 26 June 2023
• But Byers’ conflict of interest runs much deeper than a kinship with a former boss.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 25 July 2023
• The insurer accused Umansky of a conflict of interest in the deals and sought to rescind the brokerage’s policy.
  — Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• Judge McAfee, who is overseeing the Trump case, is holding the hearing to determine if there is evidence of a conflict of interest.
  — Michael Levenson, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Judge Daniel Goldstein ruled Summer Stephan’s office had no conflict of interest.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
• There is obviously a conflict of interest there, isn’t there?
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• The case will be moved to a different district court ahead of this hearing to avoid conflict of interest, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2024
• In February 2023, Calvert sent Alicia Reece a conflict of interest disclosure form that all members need to sign.
  — The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2024
• Moore has asked the inspector general to take over the investigation into the release of the data to avoid a conflict of interest.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• And while the former president looks to install loyalists to replace McDaniel, questions about a conflict of interest would no doubt arise should Lara win an election to the role of co-chair.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
• Many of these bills benefit industries the authors have ties to, creating the appearance of a conflict of interest.
  — Sade Ajishegiri, Sophie Kaelble, Nic Napier, Lily Staatz, Jasmine Wright and Lizzie Wright, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2023
• Google’s code of conduct expects workers to be logging full-time hours, leaving personal projects that aren’t a conflict of interest for after work hours.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2023
• But given the potential conflict of interest, Redstone is not a member of the board’s special committee.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
• While PBMs have an important role in price negotiation, there can be a conflict of interest.
  — Bill Cassidy, STAT, 5 July 2023
• In its ruling, the state’s highest court determined that there was no conflict of interest because the school system is not an entity of the county or state government.
  — Jason Fontelieu, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023
• However, according to Ramos, there was a conflict of interest.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
• After a lengthy discussion on the next steps in the case, the parties debated whether one of Trump’s attorneys, the brash and outspoken Joe Tacopina, had a conflict of interest in representing him.
  — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
• Pedroza’s father-in-law had purchased — and that Pedroza should have publicly disclosed his involvement as a conflict of interest.
  — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• The group said her position on the ConocoPhillips board could create a conflict of interest or the appearance of one, which could damage Harvard’s reputation.
  — Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
• Kissinger’s critics complained that the activities of the firm created a classic conflict of interest.
  — Norman Kempster, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Willis and Wade had been in a romantic relationship, and Trump and multiple co-defendants accused them of a conflict of interest.
  — Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
• Perhaps in response, the framework unveiled yesterday recommends strong conflict of interest rules for staff at the AI oversight body.
  — Khari Johnson, WIRED, 9 Sep. 2023
• But government watchdogs say the family’s overlapping work in the private and public sector may have run afoul of conflict of interest guardrails as well as city and state laws on procurement lobbying.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024