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Every victory, every league table, will come with a metaphorical asterisk until clarity and finality comes.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The CDC has placed an asterisk on its measles death tally and is investigating the death before deciding whether to include it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 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

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

They include displaying anti-war posters, with messages ranging from "No War" to eight asterisks - the number of Russian letters that spell "No War".

From BBC ● May 23, 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

Five counties reported that grand juries meet monthly, but those results come with asterisks.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 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