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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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After nearly two hours of closed-door discussions, the Aurora City Council appeared to reach a consensus, unanimously approving White’s appointment.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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The Supreme Court considered for months whether to take up Apache Stronghold's appeal, discussing the case at more than a dozen closed-door conferences.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
27 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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Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday.—
Stephanie Liechtenstein,
Christian Science Monitor,
31 May 2025
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The Justice Department and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser are suing the company and several large landlords for allegedly establishing a cartel-like system to drive up rent prices by sharing confidential information.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Tired of using bulky night vision goggles for your clandestine nocturnal activities?—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2025
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The fiery combination of Mars trine Venus sparks things up in your clandestine 12th house of secrets and eighth house of intimate affairs.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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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 6 Jun. 2025.
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