asterisk
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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
In any case, there’s a pretty major asterisk.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
A large asterisk must sit beside that sentence, of course.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Silky cables trailed from the arrows, arcing over the pool and anchoring where they landed to form a huge golden asterisk.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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
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
He straightened, revealing a woman’s face beside the plane, with long wavy hair and eyes like asterisks.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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