Sentence examples for off-the-record agreement from inspiring English sources

"With York's death, the off-the-record agreement is no longer in place," says Fortune's Doron Levin.

What seems to have been forgotten in the past few years, by both sources and reporters, is that an off the record agreement is not a one-way deal which allows an interested party to spin a story without any risk that it will come back and bite them on the ass.

The agreement was made extra-officially, off-the-record, Nisman explained.

Surely, people are sensible enough to sort out an agreement whereby whatever said on the premises is off-the-record.

Strictly off-the-record.

However, by going public with a hardline position, Araqchi broke with one of the agreements underlying the talks – not to negotiate through the press – although several delegations at the talks have given off-the-record briefings with selected details.

It's an off-the-record event".

An "off-the-record" lunch?

Since the column was posted, I've spoken to a number of former and current Forbes employees who (off the record, naturally) have expressed agreement with my criticisms.

The email flagged Corbyn's "most extreme comments" in response to a HuffPost article about the two politicians, and requested that the communication be kept off the record, though without any prior agreement.

Barry Gardiner, the shadow international trade secretary, said: "Policy decisions cannot be based upon private 'gentleman's agreements' made off the record by foreign politicians who may or may not still be in office when we need to call them in.