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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

Before the fraud squad existed to check applications, “there was an asterisk as well, like we’re pretty sure,” Pallie said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

There's an asterisk beside that stat, of course.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Once a rider logged his first win, he officially became an apprentice jockey, or “bug boy,” so called because of the asterisk, or “bug,” that was typed next to apprentices’ names in the racing program.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

But the British Cycling website listed the village as the word Three followed by five asterisks before later correcting the mistake.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

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 magazine was printed somewhere in Maine and full of stenciled poems and descriptive paragraphs separated from each other by asterisks.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath