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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

On the agency’s website where measles deaths are tallied, there is no number, only an asterisk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

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

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 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

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

Green festooned his post with lots of hand-waving and magic asterisks to accommodate changes in American lifestyles over the ensuing six decades and come up with his $140,000 standard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

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

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez