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The phrase "are off the record" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in contexts where information is shared confidentially and is not intended for public disclosure.
Example: "The details of our conversation are off the record, so please do not share them with anyone outside this meeting."
Alternatives: "not for publication" or "confidential information".
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Off the record.
Something said in confidence that the one speaking doesn't want attributed to him/her.
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The gloomy proceedings are off the record.
Almost all good morsels of gossip are off the record.
The conversations that involve him are off the record, to him.
Except for a few events, Chatham House rules obtain: meaning that the official events are off the record.
(Full disclosure: the editor of The Economist sometimes attends).Because the meetings are off the record, they are catnip to conspiracy theorists.
Journalism schools are all about teaching students how to ferret out the truth; journalism classes like Mr. Gore's, however, are off the record.
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Note that some of the companies presenting today are off-the-record, so they aren't listed.
While policy proposals are off-the-record, the menu apparently isn't.
While journalists on the list admit that their conversations there are off-the-record, they deny pushing a specific agenda.
All conversations are off-the-record, and if you want something on the record, you have to ask, and get permission.
"Unfortunately, what we discussed was off-the-record," Mr. Green wrote.
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