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The high court wrote in a footnote that, since only one plaintiff needs standing for a suit to proceed, the justices did not decide whether Pollastrini and Sweeney have the legal right to sue as prospective electors.
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2026
The mystery footnote in California’s report may have grown from earlier medications as well.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
In a separate footnote, Mastro even claimed Oakley’s attorney may have instigated the DOI’s review of his MSG work.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
About this data As a footnote, these statistics do not reflect any in the Beaches municipalities that are outside the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction.
—Scott Butler, Florida Times-Union, 6 Jan. 2026
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2026
The mystery footnote in California’s report may have grown from earlier medications as well.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
In a separate footnote, Mastro even claimed Oakley’s attorney may have instigated the DOI’s review of his MSG work.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
About this data As a footnote, these statistics do not reflect any in the Beaches municipalities that are outside the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction.
—Scott Butler, Florida Times-Union, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footnote
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There was no reference in the agreement to the future of the SDF's all-female fighting units -- a sensitive point as much of the Damascus leaders come from a conservative background and are opposed to women in combat.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Bell pressed ahead with the show, loon references and all, and licensed it to HBO.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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According to the captions of the post, which was cross-posted with the Industrial Workers of the World’s San Francisco Bay Area account, 27 of 283 Peet’s Coffee locations are slated to close.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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The caption places him in the Flint Hills of Kansas, home of the Tallgrass Prairie National Reserve in Chase County.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2026
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Like the scribbled notes of teenage girls in the margins of a notebook.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Vanke stated during online creditor meetings earlier this month that all notes would be treated on an equal footing, though no specific details were provided, people familiar with the matter said.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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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
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This will allow users to search and cross-reference the texts from anywhere in the world.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
12 Aug. 2025
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Transportation will determine whether White Stadium functions as a community asset or becomes a recurring source of congestion, neighborhood disruption, and political backlash.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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Earlier in the season, there was a minor controversy over whether the film’s changes to the source material — making its hero less explicitly racist and less complicit in the victimization of a Chinese laborer — sanded down the tale’s rough edges.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Footnote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footnote. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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