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Recent Examples of off-the-books
An elite task force of investigators has its hands full when an off-the-books max-security prison sees a massive breach, leading to the escape of the most notorious convicts.
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Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
For six seasons, FX’s Snowfall, co-created by John Singleton, chronicled how an off-the-books CIA operation contributed to the destruction rock cocaine leveled upon the vibrant community of South Central L.A.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
In 1743, Keith was sent to Fleet Prison for his off-the-books activities.
—Alexandra Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
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
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Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
For six seasons, FX’s Snowfall, co-created by John Singleton, chronicled how an off-the-books CIA operation contributed to the destruction rock cocaine leveled upon the vibrant community of South Central L.A.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
In 1743, Keith was sent to Fleet Prison for his off-the-books activities.
—Alexandra Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-the-books
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All either failed to respond or, in two instances, offered off-the-record comments that distanced themselves from Combs.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Former President Biden spoke with students at the Harvard Kennedy School in an off-the-record study group Wednesday at the invitation of his longtime adviser, Mike Donilon.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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Gaddafi agreed to suspend his country's nuclear weapons program in December 2003, following years of clandestine negotiations that began during the Clinton administration and continued under George W. Bush.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Alongside the harbour in Lerwick are five fishing boats, once part of the clandestine Anglo-Norwegian Shetland Bus mission, and the wartime cargo ship Hestmanden.—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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At a closed-door meeting in the basement of the Missouri Capitol this week, Gov. Mike Kehoe pitched Republican lawmakers on a sweeping plan to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in the state.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
15 May 2025
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Another closed-door session to discuss jury questionnaires took place into Thursday afternoon.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
15 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 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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Samuel French, a Texas actor on the rise who portrayed the undercover FBI agent CJ Robinson in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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Pisano has been with the show since his 2021 debut as undercover officer Detective Joe Velasco.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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That includes Tom Cruise, as covert CIA division agent Ethan Hunt, riding a motorcycle off a 4,000-foot cliff and BASE jumping the final 500 feet of a ravine, or the breathless climactic train mayhem in 2023’s Dead Reckoning, the opening installment of this two-parter.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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In an opinion piece published by the Venezuelan independent newspaper La Razón, former lawmaker Omar González Moreno recounted the covert mission that freed him and four others without a single shot being fired.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
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The bill would require private insurers to pay in-network therapists at least 141% of the rate Medicare pays for the same behavioral health or substance use disorder service.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2025
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The city’s unlawful camping ordinance prohibits camping, occupying camp facilities or using camp paraphernalia on public or private property.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2025
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This would suggest pockets of water in deep underground aquifers.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
12 May 2025
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Earlier this year, researchers announced the discovery of a brick underground aqueduct in Slovakia.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025
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“Off-the-books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-the-books. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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