ON RECORD Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

on record

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Definition of on record

as in public

not known by only a select few Everything said in this room today will go on record.

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Recent Examples of on record The first month of this Ebola outbreak was already the worst on record, the World Health Organization has said. — Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 The hottest July temperature on record is 104 on July 3, 1966. — Grant Gilmore, CBS News, 2 July 2026 These clinical trials could provide a glimpse of hope for the citizens of the DRC that are battling one of the most serious Ebola outbreaks on record. — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 The World Health Organization deemed the first month of the Ebola outbreak the worst on record, and slowing the virus’s spread has been complicated by the lack of treatments for Bundibugyo, the strain behind the most recent Ebola outbreak. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for on record

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