off-the-record

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Recent Examples of off-the-record Mike Allen Jan 31, 2025 - Politics & Policy Altman gives AI show-and-tell to D.C. power players OpenAI CEO Sam Altman gave government leaders, policy experts and journalists a sneak peek at coming technology Thursday during an off-the-record demo near Capitol Hill. Maria Curi, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025 At the same meeting, OpenAI product chief Kevin Weil was set to provide an off-the-record demonstration of other new capabilities OpenAI plans to introduce during the first quarter of this year. Ina Fried, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025 When Trump’s civil case on financial fraud ramped up in New York City — and through methods that are highly creative (and highly off-the-record) — Brourman finagled a seat with the other courtroom sketch artists, who were not entirely welcoming to this stilettoed upstart in their midst. Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 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 See All Example Sentences for off-the-record
Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-the-record
Adjective
  • The Wall Street Journal reported that investigators from HHS interviewed Armstrong on April 1 during a closed-door deposition following her resignation on March 28.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The Senate Armed Services Committee advanced Colby’s nomination last week in a closed-door vote.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • The government in that case, a civil lawsuit, has relied on a 2019 local police report, which used information from a confidential informant to allege Abrego Garcia was a member of MS-13.
    Andrew Goudsward and Ted Hesson, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The firm ended up raising more than that amount from outside investors as part of the total $4.6 billion pool, said the person, who asked not to be named because the details are confidential.
    Ari Levy, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Taking over a century-old garden house hidden within Shanghai’s storied alleys, Samuel Gui Yang softly partitioned the space, seducing the audience yet making every one of them a clandestine voyeur.
    Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
  • In a display of gallows humor at the sloppiness of the leaders’ theoretically clandestine communication, people online quickly turned those symbols into memes, and renamed their own chats Houthi PC small group.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The first surreptitious shots of Robbie in costume, however, lit up the internet anew.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The department has been criticized for using surreptitious means to collect DNA, like grabbing a soda can used by a suspect after questioning.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025

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“Off-the-record.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-the-record. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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