of record

phrase

1
: being documented or attested
a partner of record in several firms
2
: being authoritative or sanctioned
a newspaper of record

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Those agents will operate within the system of record the organization uses. — Balaji Sreenivasan, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 One week ago, a heat wave of record-proportions was bearing down on California. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The administration’s plans cast aside decades of tribal cooperation with DHS, the Nation’s lawyers argued, and came at a time of record-low border crossings. — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026 These days, Bragg no longer regularly reads the paper of record. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for of record

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“Of record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20record. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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