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While the deaths have since been added back to the tally, they are marked with an asterisk indicating that the “number is subject to change.”

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Simpson’s last opportunity to trot around the bases came at Georgia Tech in 2022, but even that came with a giant asterisk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

Vincent adds diagonal threads from the corners to create an X through the middle, so it looks like the Union Jack British flag, or a six-pointed asterisk.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

The funny thing is, though, that nowadays, surveying 10 people about those questions could easily return 10 different answers, or responses rife with caveats and asterisks.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Also, his estimate arose from abstruse economic formulas and lots of magic asterisks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 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

The snow was still falling, dissolving against the windshield, leaving wet asterisks on the glass.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez