How to Use off-the-books in a Sentence

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• Some have found off-the-books jobs in construction and housekeeping.
  — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• She’s recruited by a dodgy British officer (Joseph Fiennes), who also deals arms on the black market, for a number of off-the-books jobs.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
• To make some money in the meantime—and to eat anything apart from what the shelter offered—residents of the Hall pursued several off-the-books occupations.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
• Local politicians from all parties benefited from the jobs, housing and off-the-books payments that commonly flowed from it all.
  — Nimet Kirac, New York Times, 4 May 2023
• Weisselberg pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges last year and testified against the company, which was convicted of doling out off-the-books perks to some of its top executives.
  — Jesse McKinley, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
• After some discussion about legalizing and regulating the largely off-the-books machines, Link asked Arroyo if the two of them could speak in private.
  — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2023
• By combing through financial data, he's flagged a line item in the budget for an unofficial, off-the-books, really expensive task force.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 15 May 2023
• Arman recorded the calamity, which is why he’s being targeted by off-the-books Decision Tree mercenaries in his new home in Norfolk, Va.
  — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
• Cervantes, who worked at the shop as an off-the-books art curator, never notified the coffee shop and was never authorized to teach lifeguarding classes there, according to Steve Boland, who owned the shop at the time but has since sold it.
  — Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 16 July 2023
• In the age of generative AI, the theft of huge troves of medical information might be even more dangerous, as our health records wind up in data sets that enable off-the-books innovation in exploiting our ails.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2024
• The feature, which is being produced by Hidden Pictures, follows a racetrack veterinarian who runs an off-the-books ER for criminals and finds his practice and life in jeopardy when he’s recruited for his patient’s heist.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
• That is at least in part because China is facing a debt bomb at home: trillions of dollars owed by local governments, their mostly off-the-books financial affiliates, and real estate developers.
  — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 8 July 2023
• Subsequent media and congressional investigations alleged that Dunn had an off-the-books meeting with Biogen's head scientist two years prior, which kicked off an unusually close collaboration in the lead-up to the approval.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Aug 2024