asterisk

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

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

In any case, there’s a pretty major asterisk.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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

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 short answer is yes, but it comes with a few asterisks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 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