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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
By The Week Staff published 18 September 2024 Israel has been recruiting African asylum seekers to take part in military operations in Gaza in exchange for permanent residency, according to off-the-record briefings by Israeli defence officials.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 18 Sep. 2024
The 2024 History Talks kicked off with a fun off-the-record conversation with former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush conducted by their daughter, Today anchor Jenna Bush Hagar.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2024
At one point during our off-the-record conversation, his pager beeped.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2024
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Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
By The Week Staff published 18 September 2024 Israel has been recruiting African asylum seekers to take part in military operations in Gaza in exchange for permanent residency, according to off-the-record briefings by Israeli defence officials.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 18 Sep. 2024
The 2024 History Talks kicked off with a fun off-the-record conversation with former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush conducted by their daughter, Today anchor Jenna Bush Hagar.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2024
At one point during our off-the-record conversation, his pager beeped.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-the-record
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Seoul’s intelligence service briefed lawmakers in a closed-door briefing on Monday, saying the main reason for mass casualties is due to the North Korean soldiers' lack of understanding in modern warfare, such as drone target shots and charging without rear fire support.Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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In the decades since the acquisition, California has faced lawsuits intended to force an environmental review of the closed-door purchase, known as the Monterey Agreement.Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Out of other options, Rowan turns to her ex-boyfriend — geneticist Sam Larkin, who’s on the cusp of literally curing blindness(?!) — for an off-the-books testing of Lasher’s genetics.Andy Swift, TVLine, 5 Jan. 2025
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Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the worry primarily concerned the use of such off-the-books ships to circumvent Western sanctions and generate revenue to fuel the Kremlin’s war machine.Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Justice Department regulations call for special counsels appointed by the attorney general to submit a confidential report at the conclusion of their investigations.Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Special counsels are mandated by internal Justice Department regulations to prepare confidential reports at the conclusion of their investigations to summarize their findings, and the attorney general can determine whether to release the report publicly.Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
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The rocket's upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying its clandestine satellites to orbit.Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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That looks set to continue with a new play from the veteran dramatist Howard Brenton set in 1942 and telling of a clandestine meeting at the Kremlin between Churchill and Stalin.Matt Wolf, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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However, when intentions are left surreptitious, fashion can be used as a political weapon.Chloe Iris Kennedy, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The center, which opened in 2022, is responsible for deciphering, and defeating, surreptitious efforts to rig or tilt the American vote.David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Off-the-record.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-the-record. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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