off-the-record

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Recent Examples of off-the-record 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 Through voiceover, Wang shares details from off-the-record conversations which unveil Payá’s ambiguous feelings about the former president. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for off-the-record
Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-the-record
Adjective
  • An advanced copy was sent to the council, which has scheduled a closed-door meeting on Monday and a public discussion on Wednesday about the situation in Haiti.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
  • During that closed-door process, the county reports, Corpus and her attorneys were given a chance to respond to the supervisors’ allegations.
    Mercury News Editorial, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Over the years, law enforcement officers have responded to dozens of calls to these casinos for crimes more violent than off-the-books gambling.
    Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Thomas had been a confidential informant for the Elkhart County Drug Task Force for 10 months leading up to his shooting Aug. 19, 1998.
    Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
  • Both settlement agreements are confidential and prohibit the former Bardstown students from discussing what happened.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • After paying private equity tycoon Jack McGinley $52 million in a clandestine off-market deal for the Georgian-style spread, which was designed by architect Don Nulty and built in 2009 for 9-1-1: Lone Star actor Rob Lowe, Levine and Prinsloo have put the place back on the market for $65 million.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 10 July 2025
  • Built to listen for clandestine nuclear bomb blasts, the globe-spanning system detects low-frequency acoustic-gravity waves.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • In the evenings, Vincent embarks on a surreptitious love affair with Arthur, a soldier on leave — who's also the son of Vincent's governess.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • There’s nothing surreptitious about my administration.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025

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“Off-the-record.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-the-record. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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