Definition of "on-the-record" []

• Intended for publication or attribution: on-the-record comments by the senator. (adjective)

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• "It features some on-the-record quotes from someone who knows more about what the now-scrapped torture regime (how amazing it feels to write those words) actually was:"
• "Geltzer not only reviewed the public record — speeches by Presidents Clinton and Bush, and by other key actors such as former Vice-President Cheney — but he also conducted a number of on-the-record interviews with intelligence officials and counterterrorism policymakers from both the Clinton and Bush Administrations."
• "Once it's said, it's there forever, and subjected to truth-telling standards appropriate to all on-the-record utterances."