asterisk
Example Sentences
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Therein lies a big asterisk about El Niño.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Mauricio Pochettino is very much in the conversation, though with one asterisk: he is committed to the United States national team for the World Cup.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
But in the 1960s, the Supreme Court said that this “every person” provision should have a major asterisk.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
The decline in the unemployment rate came with an asterisk: The labor force shrank by nearly 400,000 people, meaning fewer Americans were counted as unemployed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Later I would make three photocopies, one to reside permanently next to my body, in my wallet, as a kind of personal asterisk, I thought, in case of accidental death.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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