footnotes

noun

plural of footnote
as in references

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  1. references
  2. cross-references
  3. captions
  4. notes
  5. sources
Noun
  • Arabella’s Cocktail Salon, an intimate 25-seat bar on the hotel’s first floor, is a jewel box, a mish-mash of styles and references that somehow feel part of a whole.
    — Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 26 July 2026
  • The matrix of pop-culture references is also so clear in the casting.
    — Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
Definition of references
Noun
  • The company's new program cross-references the names of campaign staffers listed in Federal Election Commission data against its own user logs.
    — Luke Garrett, NPR, 9 July 2026
Definition of cross-references
Noun
  • First, we’ve been habituated to bite-sized texts like, well… texts, Reddit, email and Instagram captions.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • Instagram followed that up with the ability to add individual captions to each slide in a photo set.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 21 July 2026
Definition of captions
Noun
  • Crumbled feta adds a salty tang, and a touch of chile brings pops of heat that balance the salad’s citrusy notes.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
  • The stock jumped more than 5% after the American conglomerate behind Scotch tape and Post-it notes posted second quarter earnings and revenue that beat expectations, and raised its full-year guidance.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Definition of notes
Noun
  • Mia Bieniemy, the wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, was shot Sunday night at their home in Virginia, sources confirmed to The Star.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
  • At scale, human annotation teams produce varying quality across data sources.
    — Lucas Zhao, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of sources
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