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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

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

Or did he put an asterisk on any future games they might win in this World Cup?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 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

Hopefully, yes, but that answer comes with a few heavy asterisks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

There are asterisks next to my name and footnotes that explain the situation.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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