How to Use on the record in a Sentence

on the record

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  • That loss remains the only blemish on the record of the now 32-year-old Makhachev.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Many of them spoke on the condition of anonymity because their exchanges were private or they are not authorized to speak on the record.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • So people keep the win and keep performing the task the slow way on the record, because the safest career move is to look busy, not to look replaceable.
    Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • None of the other biggest property managers commented on the record about their use of revenue management.
    Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Balas and a Greystar representative declined to comment on the record about YieldStar.
    Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2022
  • There are a couple of songs on the record that were written in 2020, which feel like a bookend that were like the seeds of a very desperate, empty place within myself.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2026
  • Traditionally, court reporters have used 22-key steno machines to rapidly take down every word said by lawyers, judges and anyone else who speaks on the record during an official proceeding.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The Smithsonian staff member, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record, said that the report has sparked fears for employees’ safety and concerns about doxxing.
    Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • Swift—no stranger to an Easter egg—could have been hinting at her bridal footwear as far back as her 2025 documentary The End of an Era, which chronicled her life on the record-breaking Eras Tour.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 4 July 2026

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