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Recent Examples of off-the-record
While Netflix won’t speak to global viewership expectations, the Super Bowl comes up in off-the-record conversations as an only slightly outlandish aspirational benchmark — and 124 million tuned in for Super Bowl LVIII.
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Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
Those conversations are a delicate dance of on-the-record and off-the-record context about roster usage, player health, play calling and game strategy.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
However, the meeting after the meeting creates an environment where decisions are often undone or altered by informal, off-the-record conversations.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Driving the news: In off-the-record hallway conversations, background roundtables, and on-the-record interviews, decision-makers were largely interested in gas, carbon capture, and sustainable aviation fuel.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
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Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
Those conversations are a delicate dance of on-the-record and off-the-record context about roster usage, player health, play calling and game strategy.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
However, the meeting after the meeting creates an environment where decisions are often undone or altered by informal, off-the-record conversations.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Driving the news: In off-the-record hallway conversations, background roundtables, and on-the-record interviews, decision-makers were largely interested in gas, carbon capture, and sustainable aviation fuel.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-the-record
Adjective
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The issues were raised during a closed-door meeting between Nvidia executives and the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday.—
Stephen Nellis,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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After a five-month closed-door trial in 2021 resulting in convictions for six journalists, Losik was sentenced to 15 years in prison.—
One Free Press Coalition,
Time,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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In 1743, Keith was sent to Fleet Prison for his off-the-books activities.—
Alexandra Cox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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This second Adam and Eve are at odds because Adam, a trans man, is pregnant, and his sister, a scientist and genetic researcher, has volunteered to be his off-the-books OBGYN, helping him and his partner Fox (Ryan Jamaal Swain) through the pregnancy.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The White House’s claims about Abrego Garcia’s gang affiliation are based mostly on one confidential tip.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS; all calls are kept confidential.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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He was allegedly held in a clandestine detention site and tortured by intelligence agents.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
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Guests can order craft cocktails at the circular bar, and for those who indulge, there’s a small, clandestine cigar room just off the entrance.—
John Wogan,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Apr. 2025
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Reporters from around the country followed the case, which marked the first time ever that prosecutors would play for a jury a surreptitious FBI recording of mob soldiers taking the oath of omerta during a mafia initiation ceremony.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2025
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For example: In 2003, a group of Providence, Rhode Island, artists embarked on a project combining installation art and surreptitious living arrangements.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Off-the-record.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-the-record. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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