on the record

phrase

: for publication

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In an email to KFF Health News, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services declined to provide a comment on the record. Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026 With the metaphorical jet fumes already swirling on Capitol Hill, some are at least threatening to potentially put their colleagues on the record for or against adjourning until September. Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 Those denials are on the record, but what is established is that vulnerability is real and the infrastructure was operated by a person whose firms had documented ties to the security service. Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Of the 10 who responded, only two agreed to speak on the record for this story. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for on the record

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“On the record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20record. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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