confidential source

collocation in English

meaningsofconfidentialandsource

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confidential
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒn.fɪˈden.ʃəl/us
/ˌkɑːn.fəˈden.ʃəl/
secret or private, often in a formal, business, or ...
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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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(Definition ofconfidentialandsourcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I learned also that aconfidentialsourceis a reliable source.
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His refusal to identify aconfidentialsourceled to a landmark court case.
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His job description included liaising with the media, and he regularly acted as aconfidentialsource, although rarely going on the record or appearing on-camera.
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Earlier today we discussed what is information from confidential sources.
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If the information had been obtained from confidential sources, then it could not be made available on request.
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We are in danger of going very wide with that requirement unless we look more closely at the meaning of information from confidential sources.
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As regards these four cases, the information in three of them came from confidential sources.
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Various inquiries were made of confidential sources, which it would not be proper to disclose.
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Paragraph (2)(b), which governs so much of this debate, exempts information if it relates to the obtaining of information from confidential sources.
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We have recognised in the new clause the importance of a free and healthy press and of protecting journalists' confidential sources.
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It would go way beyond the aim of protecting confidential sources, bearing in mind that we are talking about substantial evidence in the most serious of crimes.
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Other laws protect journalists from revealing confidential sources, but not other information.
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But we are even more concerned that journalists are being secretly threatened with long jail sentences and massive fines for protecting confidential sources.
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The club also rejected other investment proposals from confidential sources.
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Roy refused to disclose the confidential sources of his information even after the case was brought to court.
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The current laws of the land, and the gray areas of forecasting potential consequences of publishing a story with confidential sources places the press in a very precarious situation.
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