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on-record
on-recordadjectiveintended for publication, especially as news.
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on record
on recordsee go on record.
on-record
Americanadjective
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intended for publication, especially as news.
an on-record comment.
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official or public.
on-record policy.
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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
So it’s worth noting how inspiringly egalitarian this hometown show was — a hierarchy-free split with former TDE labelmate SZA, often fully meshing their sets together for their on-record collaborations.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
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
He had never given an on-record interview to a Western journalist, but the timing was lucky: My efforts coincided with a push by his inner circle to be more open and transparent.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2020
The so-called Buffett Indicator, which measures the total value of the U.S. stock market against annual gross domestic product, recently reached its highest level on record.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Shipments to the U.S. rose a fifth consecutive months with an advance of 0.3%, and imports climbed 3% to the highest on record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
This is a pattern that has become all too familiar in recent weeks, as the UK experienced its driest and sunniest July on record.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Wales had its joint hottest July on record, with a mean temperature of 17.8C, a figure previously hit in 2006 and 1983.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Pope Innocent IV went on record saying that the Jews were not guilty of these crimes, hut the accusations persisted.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
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