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Recent Examples of footnote The decision seems to be more than a legal footnote, but rather a signal that fundamentally reframes risk for any company developing or even purchasing AI solutions. Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025 His atypical path to the big time is not just a quirk of his story, a curious little footnote. Jack Lang, New York Times, 27 June 2025 The pursuit failed, but Goldwyn’s focus on writers marks a fascinating footnote that contrasts sharply with the famously sour, combative relationship with screenwriters that Hollywood producers would mythically boast throughout the coming decades. Literary Hub, 24 June 2025 In teeny 8-point font below the table are three very important footnotes that should be in 16-point boldface font at the top: • Footnote 1: The city proposes to provide recycling (blue bin) and organics (green bin) collection at the service level of 95-gallon containers only. Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for footnote
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Noun
  • One of the factors that played into the delay of the film was reference to allegations made by 13-year-old Jordan Chandler, who accused Jackson of molestation in 1993 and later settled with the pop star for $20 million in 1994, with no admission of guilt from Jackson.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 24 July 2025
  • Delineating each and every Speedmaster reference would be a fruitless errand — tiny nuances during early production years mean that there are quite literally countless inscrutable variants within single reference numbers.
    Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • In the caption of her post, Joely shared a quote from her mother about Natasha, who died suddenly after a ski accident during a vacation with her husband, Liam Neeson, and their two sons, at 45 years old in 2009.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 31 July 2025
  • Several onlookers snapped photos from their phones during the short visit, as did an American-Statesman reporter, who posted the image on X with the briefest of captions.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • With those savory, salty notes, coastal gins lend a beautiful twist to the classic G&T or anything citrus.
    Camille Berry, Vogue, 15 July 2025
  • Other photos showed Penelope’s hotel room bed covered in rose gold and white balloons and a series of sweet messages written on two notes.
    Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The company also clarified that no other employees were seen in the viral clip after social media sleuths used LinkedIn to cross-reference and identify another woman seen in the frame.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2025
  • These models cross-reference borrower data with public records, dark-web breach lists and synthetic-ID databases.
    Abhinav Asthana, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • In Hawaii's case, the volcanoes are the result of a heat source deep within the Earth's mantle.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 14 July 2025
  • Communities are encouraged to work together, removing food sources and actively hazing coyotes, to prevent them from becoming too comfortable around people.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025

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“Footnote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footnote. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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