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Discover LudwigThe phrase "were slipped out" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase is generally used figuratively to indicate that something was mentioned unintentionally. For example: "The words were slipped out before I could stop myself."
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Last week her terms of reference were slipped out in a written answer to the Commons.
The findings by the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research and Ipsos Mori were slipped out by the government on the last day of parliament before the winter break, along with a deluge of more than 380 other documents.
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Like many other developments in the scandal, the news was slipped out shortly before 7pm.
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The most basic design is a protective sleeve that can be slipped out from a carry-on bag.
Boris Johnson's decision to again raise London transport fares above inflation was slipped out on his website this morning without any advance warning.
Government proposals for taming the Lords further, by reducing its powers to veto legislation, are expected to be slipped out before Christmas.
"Now, with apparently no debate, regulations have been slipped out that appear to open up most of the NHS to commercial tender.
"That would be a major change in church doctrine and therefore not something that can be slipped out in the news," Rod Thomas, chairman of Reform, a conservative church group, told the BBC.
A proposal to safeguard children who need heart surgery, by concentrating expertise in fewer hospitals allowed to do such operations, has been slipped out by the government, which admits it is inclined to reject the experts' advice.
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