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The phrase "a written record" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to documentation or evidence that has been recorded in writing.
Example: "The historian relied on a written record of events to support her research findings."
Alternatives: "a documented account" or "a written account".
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Written reports are especially useful because they form a written record and can be referred to in cases of misunderstanding.
Keep a written record of events, along with any evidence of negative acts (eg emails, written correspondence).
I needed a written record.
But these were men who didn't leave a written record.
According to a written record of the meeting, the general offered a one-word reply: "Oops".
Two Cuomo officials later told me that the lack of a written record was no bar.
Texts are a written record, after all, and what if the wrong person saw them?
As a written record, Tweets are very close to the originating thoughts.
"People tend to shade and misrepresent more readily, even though e-mail is a written record".
A written record suggests that Bertha had been bitten by other sharks in 1974.
Without a written record, no one now would ever know it had been there.
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