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off-the-record
[awf-thuh-rek-erd, of-]
adjective
not for publication; not to be quoted.
a candidate's off-the-record remarks to reporters.
confidential.
off-the-record information.
off the record
adjective
not intended for publication or disclosure; confidential
adverb
with such an intention; unofficially
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of off-the-record1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
The operator of an overdose prevention hotline told Salon, off-the-record, that the bulk of their funding comes through Medicaid, “which seems like a pretty major threat.”
The memo said that Google Chat is “off-the-record for direct and group messages” and includes “the ability to chat with external users.”
In June 2022, after Terry attended a private “off-the-record” meeting that included Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, senior State Department officials and several other Korea policy experts, a South Korean agent in a car registered to the South Korean Embassy picked her up and photographed her handwritten notes, according to the indictment.
Vance, whose never-Trumpism wasn’t whispered in private or dished to reporters off-the-record, but published in first-person essays in the Atlantic.
Mr. Lewis has acknowledged having an off-the-record conversation with Mr. Folkenflik, whom he called an “activist.”
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