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Recent Examples of off-the-books
Three-quarters of Zimbabweans toil in the informal workforce, one of the highest rates of off-the-books work in the world.
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Tawanda Karombo, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2024
Also, Barreto had several off-the-books meetings with an unknown source in a Caracas apartment before his death, according to the GPS on his cell phone.
—EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
With more Haitian immigrants free to work legally anywhere because of work permissions granted under the Biden administration, many moved from off-the-books jobs in Florida or New York to factory work in states such as Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Virginia.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
Mike soon finds out that Roxanne is a spy with an off-the-books government organization called The Union.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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Tawanda Karombo, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2024
Also, Barreto had several off-the-books meetings with an unknown source in a Caracas apartment before his death, according to the GPS on his cell phone.
—EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
With more Haitian immigrants free to work legally anywhere because of work permissions granted under the Biden administration, many moved from off-the-books jobs in Florida or New York to factory work in states such as Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Virginia.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
Mike soon finds out that Roxanne is a spy with an off-the-books government organization called The Union.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-the-books
Adjective
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At the same meeting, OpenAI product chief Kevin Weil was set to provide an off-the-record demonstration of other new capabilities OpenAI plans to introduce during the first quarter of this year.—
Ina Fried,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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When Trump’s civil case on financial fraud ramped up in New York City — and through methods that are highly creative (and highly off-the-record) — Brourman finagled a seat with the other courtroom sketch artists, who were not entirely welcoming to this stilettoed upstart in their midst.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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Brendan Marks and Matt Baker uncovered documents that illustrate North Carolina’s clandestine research into conference realignment.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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This defiant and entertaining work playfully uses headshots and avatars to visualize clandestine audio recordings documenting years of Kafkaesque impositions, threats, and vital dissident art.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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The toilet room doesn't include a sink or shower but serves simply as a private closed-door space for using the portable composting or cassette toilet.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Feb. 2025
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Last week, the judge ordered the transcript of a closed-door hearing regarding the defense's opposition to investigative genetic genealogy evidence to be made public, at least in part.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
7 Feb. 2025
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However, when intentions are left surreptitious, fashion can be used as a political weapon.—
Chloe Iris Kennedy,
Forbes,
5 Nov. 2024
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The center, which opened in 2022, is responsible for deciphering, and defeating, surreptitious efforts to rig or tilt the American vote.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
The New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2024
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The series also highlighted how Illinois statutes provide a degree of protection to politicians. To prosecute their case, the feds brought charges against Madigan after extensive wiretapping and cooperation from two undercover moles, former 25th Ward Ald.—
Megan Crepeau,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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In May 2023, an undercover police officer went into the Schenectady deli and grocery where Alaidrus was working behind the counter.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2025
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Universal revealed character details for each of the film's leads, which can be read below: Academy Award® nominee Johansson plays skilled covert operations expert Zora Bennett, contracted to lead a skilledteam on a top-secret mission to secure the genetic material.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Johansson plays covert operations expert Zora Bennett, who leads the top-secret mission.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Feb. 2025
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The top official of the Social Security Administration quit over the weekend after Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency sought access to sensitive records containing the private information of Americans, according to a source familiar with the dispute.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Because his execution was private, this remains a rumor, historians’ best guess as to what happened that day.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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As previously reported by The News, the MTA has been struggling to fix a 2,000 foot underground pipe at the facility since 2021, when the line responsible for feeding the sprinkler system from the city main failed to hold pressure.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Those underground punks went so hard that NBC was bombarded with complaints in real time, leading the network to cut away from the performance to a pre-recorded sketch.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Off-the-books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-the-books. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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