How to Use on the record in a Sentence

on the record

phrase
  • There is not one single question about a sound or tone or lyric on the record.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 July 2026
  • Disney did not respond on the record to requests for comment.
    — Wuft News, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • This is stuff that these guys have been saying on the record very explicitly for decades.
    — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Two clerks working at the office Thursday declined to speak on the record.
    — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
  • Of the 10 who responded, only two agreed to speak on the record for this story.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • That loss remains the only blemish on the record of the now 32-year-old Makhachev.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • The cost of skipping the verification step is already on the record.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Many of them spoke on the condition of anonymity because their exchanges were private or they are not authorized to speak on the record.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • So people keep the win and keep performing the task the slow way on the record, because the safest career move is to look busy, not to look replaceable.
    — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • But the most potent redemption on the record is enacted musically.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Many expressed their sadness at knowing their friend would likely spend much of his life incarcerated, but declined to comment on the record.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2026
  • None of the other biggest property managers commented on the record about their use of revenue management.
    — Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Balas and a Greystar representative declined to comment on the record about YieldStar.
    — Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2022
  • The value also depends on the record’s condition and cultural importance.
    — Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 9 Aug. 2026
  • There are a couple of songs on the record that were written in 2020, which feel like a bookend that were like the seeds of a very desperate, empty place within myself.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2026
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs declined to comment on the record about Blackman’s case.
    — Renuka Rayasam, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
  • Traditionally, court reporters have used 22-key steno machines to rapidly take down every word said by lawyers, judges and anyone else who speaks on the record during an official proceeding.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The Smithsonian staff member, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record, said that the report has sparked fears for employees’ safety and concerns about doxxing.
    — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • The timing was intentional, a senior administration official not authorized to speak on the record, told reporters on Thursday.
    — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 24 July 2026
  • The album features Humperdinck putting his own spin on songs by Journey, the Cars, Kiss and Aerosmith, with several guest musicians joining him on the record.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Schwab's ambitions past trading are already on the record, delivered in Wurster's characteristic key of unhurried inevitability.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The only opportunities to get a player one-on-one are usually after a game, as players aren’t required to speak to the media in the locker room before games — Hart is the only one of the core group willing to do so on the record.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Work commenced on the record three months after Drewchin welcomed the arrival of her first child, Nova, a period in which she was consumed with the reality and potentialities of being a new parent.
    — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
  • With the metaphorical jet fumes already swirling on Capitol Hill, some are at least threatening to potentially put their colleagues on the record for or against adjourning until September.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Those denials are on the record, but what is established is that vulnerability is real and the infrastructure was operated by a person whose firms had documented ties to the security service.
    — Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • In an email to KFF Health News, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services declined to provide a comment on the record.
    — Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The Miami Herald spoke with several shop owners who expressed concern about rising costs but refused to go on the record, many citing the stigma surrounding the religion and misconceptions about practitioners.
    — Delia Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Nor have career scientists working at the federal health agencies, according to two officials KFF Health News is not naming because they were not authorized to speak on the record about the matter.
    — Amanda Seitz, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Swift—no stranger to an Easter egg—could have been hinting at her bridal footwear as far back as her 2025 documentary The End of an Era, which chronicled her life on the record-breaking Eras Tour.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 4 July 2026
  • The park began construction on the record-breaking ride in September 2025 and worked with ProSlide Technology to bring it to life, per its official Instagram account.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

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