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
  • Defense officials have directed military forces to scrub websites of diversity, equity, and inclusion references and to remove from military academy libraries literature and history books that the administration deems harmful to unity.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the episode, the cast goes to a nightclub so loud that all the dialogue is shown in captions.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • In the caption, Fey is labeled as Arthur's Dorothy Zbornak, while Poehler is Getty's Sophia Petrillo, Rudolph is McClanahan's Blanche Devereux, and Lisa Kudrow is Rose Nylund, who was played by White.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The honey notes are sweeter but more complex than your typical cocktail syrup.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Did husband and wife discuss each weekly session based on her notes?
    Heller McAlpin, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The ability of the government to cross-reference personal information using databases from different agencies is tightly regulated under the US Privacy Act.
    Dell Cameron, Wired News, 21 Apr. 2025
  • They cross-reference information received directly from employers, financial institutions, and other third parties.
    Quora, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Tesla's lower-cost Model Y: US launch pushed back as sources reveal production challengesNeed a break?
    Mike Scarcella, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • What To Know The man was on the fifth floor of Trump Tower and in an emotionally disturbed state, The New York Daily News reported, citing a police source.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Footnote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footnote. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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