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"be off the record" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used in conversations or interviews to indicate that what is said cannot be used or reported in an official capacity. For example, a journalist might say to their interviewee, "Everything said in this interview can be off the record."
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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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Can be OFF THE RECORD and totally CONFIDENTIAL if you prefer.
It will, of course, be off the record.
The encounter was expected to be off the record.
"I have a tendency to say things that should be off the record," she admits.
There is talk about whether this conversation will be off the record.
She insisted that the call be off the record, and the reporter agreed.
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The meeting, however, provoked even more controversy when it was announced that it would be off-the-record, prompting the Times among others to abstain from attending.
A Times spokeswoman told HuffPost on Tuesday that the paper did not change the conditions, but that Trump's team had requested the visit only be off-the-record. .
The meeting sparked another controversy when outlets, including The New York Times, boycotted the meeting after learning that the gathering would be off-the-record.
"Unfortunately, what we discussed was off-the-record," Mr. Green wrote.
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