footnote

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Recent Examples of footnote The accusation had been listed in a footnote and was not central to the government's case against the imam. Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025 News of Josh Hader’s shoulder injury nearly rendered Correa a footnote at his homecoming a week later. Chandler Rome, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025 One person’s formative trauma is another’s nostalgic footnote. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025 This isn’t a seasonal fluctuation or statistical footnote. Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for footnote
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Noun
  • For reference, Prater is six years older than Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady.
    Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The adults never quite understood the reference.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the video’s caption, Gaga teased that there was more than just a fun dance still to come.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Highlighting the people behind the machines—through short video clips, quick interviews, or even photos with captions—helps put a human face on your company and gives younger workers a glimpse at your authentic workplace culture.
    Ethan Karp, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • By the episode's end, however, he's set his sights on Morgan, having surreptitiously slipped a note into her grocery bag.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
  • These are not surprises but Gurman is more bullish than others about the eSIM only note.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Below is a map of the affected states: The FDA alert has a chart with corresponding item numbers, product descriptions, as well as UPC and lot numbers for customers to cross-reference.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • This will allow users to search and cross-reference the texts from anywhere in the world.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Tesla is registered to 20-year-old David Anthony Burke, known professionally as D4vd, according to a senior LAPD source.
    Alex Stone, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • During more than two hours of testimony, journalist Michael Shellenberger testified that sources had informed him that intelligence communities are in possession of numerous high-resolution photos and videos of the craft unlike any of the grainy imagery that has so far been declassified.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Footnote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footnote. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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