off the record

Example Sentences

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Some in government have blamed the 48-year-old adviser for being behind the briefings - and of importing a culture of off-the-record chats with journalists from opposition into Downing Street.

From BBC

It's a word which comes up again and again at the moment in off-the-record conversations with ministers, government advisers and Labour MPs.

From BBC

A chorus of off-the-record criticism, much of it strikingly personal, threatened to overwhelm the government.

From BBC

The memo said that Google Chat is “off-the-record for direct and group messages” and includes “the ability to chat with external users.”

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times