not to be quoted
Example Sentences
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She asked not to be quoted by a reporter.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023
Many countries want greater investment, said the official, who asked not to be quoted in order to be candid.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
“We can’t enter into contracts without knowing what can actually go there,” said one developer, who asked not to be quoted about the ordinance because he feared retribution from the City Commission.
From Slate ● May 6, 2022
“There is a wasting,” said the lawyer, who asked not to be quoted by name because not all of his family members were aware of his H.I.V. status.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
A part of the communication is too good a specimen of the precision that Franklin always brought to the language of rebuke or condemnation not to be quoted at length.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
