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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
Adjective
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Founder Liang attended a closed-door symposium for business owners and experts hosted by Chinese Premier Li Qiang on January 20, according to state news agency Xinhua, leading to questions about DeepSeek's role in Beijing's desire to overtake Washington in AI, Reuters reports.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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The email described plans for a closed-door meeting in New York among leading climate activists, including writer and organizer Bill McKibben and Peter Frumhoff, then the chief climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a watchdog and research group.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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While some people are finding off-the-books employment as waiters or tour guides, experts say tourism is failing to bring a substantial increase in higher wage jobs.—
Gianni Cipriano,
New York Times,
2 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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The survey is confidential, and no personal information will be collected or shared, county officials said.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2025
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The deal has not been finalized yet, according to a person with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be named because the negotiations are confidential.—
Hayden Field,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The hardline group does not allow girls to study beyond grade six, and so the project runs classes online, through the radio and even has a network of clandestine schools that educate over 5,000 girls across Afghanistan and employ over 100 teachers.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
3 Feb. 2025
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Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.—
Yvonnick Denoël,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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 10 Feb. 2025.
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