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asterisk

[as-tuh-risk] / ˈæs tə rɪsk /


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Take all this into account, and it places an asterisk against the Premier League between 2009 and 2018.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The CDC has placed an asterisk on its measles death tally and is investigating the death before deciding whether to include it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Some cinema snobs might find Letterboxd a distasteful asterisk on film culture.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

But the victory came with an asterisk: Folarin Balogun, a Brooklyn-born striker who leads the team in goals, got a red card for fouling an opposing player.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

And there it was between Jonas N. and Luke S. With an asterisk next to it.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

Little by little they found out that some of those things weren’t worth having and all of them came with asterisks.

From Salon ● May 31, 2026

It is unprecedented for the official Super Bowl but there are asterisks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025

He added: “We want to move to a new system that people have confidence in and can comply with and move away perhaps from normalising asterisks against league tables or long-running regulatory cases.”

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2024

With several asterisks, qualifications and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films and books that will become public domain as the year turns to 2024.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

He straightened, revealing a woman’s face beside the plane, with long wavy hair and eyes like asterisks.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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