for the record
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“And yes, for the record: we wish the votes were counted faster, too,” Newsom’s office wrote — a nod to the fact that the issue isn’t new.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Lee, for the record, isn’t one of them.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
The achievements come despite lukewarm reviews for the record, with The Telegraph saying it had "all the emotional heft of a perfume advert".
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
And no athlete’s copped to the injection, which, for the record, is supposedly hyaluronic acid, if you’re shopping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
And, for the record, the urine-and-antiseptic odor that he found “so gross”—his words, which I’ll use as much as I can in his story—may not have been a perfume.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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