footnote

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Recent Examples of footnote Trump aims to reduce a complex, transformative figure to a spectral footnote. Alexis Coe, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025 This time and place aren’t footnotes to Jackson’s life, but rather key facts that shaped his civil rights activism and historic runs for the U.S. presidency. Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025 His seven-page letter, including 38 footnotes, was written on behalf of those two organizations. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025 But Cuti realized his error in his Feb. 7 reply brief, in a footnote on page 3. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for footnote
Recent Examples of Synonyms for footnote
Noun
  • Give it up for the queen of not being afraid to reference or not reference (but mostly reference).
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Starkey said in seeming reference to the Metro report.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Pratt wrote in a caption to his post, celebrating Angie's milestone.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Just based on the color scheme, the person on the left is almost certainly either Milly Alcock dressed as Supergirl or her stunt double (the video caption identifies her as the latter).
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As his recruitment post notes, small businesses may well be disproportionately harmed by the tariffs and thus are the perfect plaintiffs.
    Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The 10-year U.S. Treasury note was up 14 basis points to 4.40 as a multi-day bond rout continued.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • They cross-reference information received directly from employers, financial institutions, and other third parties.
    Quora, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • What To Know The Trump administration's pending agreement would allow ICE to cross-reference names and addresses with IRS data, multiple outlets previously reported.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Constructed from Alexander Graham Bell’s simple tetrahedron cell, the Cygnet model consists of two equilateral paper triangles, connected and illuminated by a hidden light source.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Legendary is eyeing a 2026 production start, another source adds.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Footnote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footnote. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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