on-record
adjective
intended for publication, especially as news.
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on recordsee go on record.
on-record
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[on-rek-erd, awn-]
/ ˈɒnˌrɛk ərd, ˈɔn- /
adjective
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intended for publication, especially as news.
an on-record comment.
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official or public.
on-record policy.
on record
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For many investors, it can be difficult to get direct exposure to SpaceX and other large private companies, partially because regulations encourage them to keep their on-record shareholder counts low.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026
Would like to repeat my on-record request: No big dance numbers at the Oscars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2025
During this time, he was involved in a sustained romantic relationship with Richard W. Nathan, a high-achieving, Harvard-educated health care consultant, according to on-record interviews with six people who knew about the pair.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2022
No. 11 has been stretched to 520 yards, 10 more than No. 13, a hole that the Masters has been on-record as wanting to change for at least six years now and counting.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
Join requires public officials from relevant ministries to deliver on-record, public responses to proposals that receive 5,000 signatures.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2020
As large swings in individual stocks have recently dwarfed moves for the S&P 500 as a whole, the spread between two important gauges of implied volatility has expanded to its widest level on record.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
In late June, hundreds of schools were forced to close as France recorded its hottest day on record.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
That damage remains far off the pace of 2023, Canada's worst wildfire season on record, when nearly 18 million hectares burned in the country.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Shares fell more than 25% Tuesday, the largest one-day drop on record after the company issued a rare profit warning, citing a shift in customer spending from software to artificial-intelligence hardware and memory chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
A few minutes later she handed me a page she said was her favorite because it had her mother’s signature on it—the only piece of Henrietta’s handwriting on record.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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