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Adjective
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Most of these off-the-record asks happen during early development: pitches, mood boards, preproduction.—
Lila Shapiro,
Vulture,
4 June 2025 -
Here are five hard truths that emerged from the keynotes, panels, and off-the-record conversations at the Summit—insights every professional needs to hear right now.—
Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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The two men sit down for a closed-door meeting, and afterward, Pavel is direct about his nation’s spending commitment.—
Adam Rasmi,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Keene was selected to preside over a closed-door pre-removal conference held earlier this month.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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Whoops: Dozens die south of the border when Joe leads an off-the-books attack on human traffickers.—
Hugh Hart,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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Charges were dropped Tuesday against the one-time manager of a former off-the-books Gary strip club after the man died, filings show.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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American veterans and others have traveled to smaller, clandestine clinics for treatment to deal with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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Gi-hun, who’d found his way back in the clandestine gaming complex (situated inside a mountain on a remote island), is Player 456 again among a new round of contestants.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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There’s nothing surreptitious about my administration.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 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 every regime change at the hands of Americans that went well—think Adolf Hitler’s exit from Germany and Benito Mussolini from Italy—there are multitudes that went off the rails: six overt attempts during the Cold War and another 64 in covert operations.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
19 June 2025
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The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy The laughs are as big as the mullets in this rollicking story about a hugely successful hair-metal band that’s really a cover for a covert operation in Cold War-era Eastern Europe.—
Andrea Lavinthal,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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“Back-channel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/back-channel. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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