on-the-record
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The Times reached out to all the individuals charged with price gouging or short-term rental violations — except for Zrihen and Saadat, whose contact information could not be located — and did not receive any on-the-record responses.
From Los Angeles Times
I've been asking for days for an on-the-record interview with him, or the new executive director.
From BBC
Last month, contacted via LinkedIn, he told me he would not be doing interviews, but did later put me in touch with the foundation's new spokesman, who has so far declined any on-the-record comments.
From BBC
While the piece was buttressed with stories from anonymous sources, the linchpin of the story was a very much on-the-record Adam Jentleson, Fetterman’s former chief of staff, sharing a 1,600-word letter he’d written Fetterman’s physician at Walter Reed a year ago.
From Slate
Sandberg declined through a representative to give me an on-the-record response to the book.
From Los Angeles Times
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