footnotes

Definition of footnotesnext
plural of footnote

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Noun
  • Under the settlement, Buckfire agreed to remove all references to race as eligibility or selection criteria and clarify that its scholarships do not give preference to any student based on race or ethnicity.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The Illinois governor's name appears about two dozen times in the Epstein files — all references to news stories with Pritzker in the headline.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • As a result, captions now include details like atmospheric descriptions for sound effects and music.
    Abbey White, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
  • His videos pull in tight on his face to underline an expression and deploy strange fonts so that an Instagram Reel’s usually soulless captions instead help to bolster and magnify his material.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • First, with a medical notes transcription that gets Very Important words wrong and then after a complete digital blackout.
    Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In 2012, as an editorial assistant, my job was to run notes from the red carpet into the Sunset Tower, serving as a human text message so that editors could stay off their phones.
    Mark Guiducci, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Noem and her chief adviser Corey Lewandowski -- who is reportedly also departing DHS -- both had a knack for lashing out, yelling and berating staff that crossed them, according to sources.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Currently, most data centers draw from the public grid rather than securing their own energy sources – a fact that many associate with sky-high electricity prices.
    Eric Schmidt, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Footnotes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footnotes. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.

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