asterisk
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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
And next to the opening Warner Bros. logo, there’s an asterisk that reads, “A wholly owned subsidiary of the Acme Corporation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Some cinema snobs might find Letterboxd a distasteful asterisk on film culture.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
A large asterisk must sit beside that sentence, of course.
From BBC ● May 13, 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
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
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
So, the 3-1 record can be affixed with some asterisks.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
A number of the authors’ names have been starred with penciled asterisks by previous readers, but there is no sign or mark by Nikolai Gogol’s name.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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