footnotes

Definition of footnotesnext
plural of footnote

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Noun
  • Nevada County’s admission comes as AI programs are under close watch around the globe for introducing incorrect legal references in cases, yet also increasingly offered as tools to help lawyers and judges research and write their briefs, motions and opinions.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • And the title Illumination is adapting, with some other references pulled here and there from throughout franchise history, is among his most creative and wondrous adventures.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • On social media, make jokes that don’t follow logic or build toward a punch line, but rather rely on jump cuts and endless captions.
    Emily Menez, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
  • While organizers of the national movement have not independently verified participation on all seven continents, social media users seized on the image as a symbolic milestone, with many sharing it alongside captions highlighting Antarctica’s status as the world’s southernmost continent.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • These two short notes show the astonishing range of connections and commitments that pour through this book and through her life.
    Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Many songs are now written on computers, using sequencers, patterns, and loops, with notes laid out in perfect synchrony on a rhythmic, 4/4 grid.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • My patient is refusing a drug studied in 170,000 people because of side effects that a 124,000-person analysis just confirmed do not exist — while injecting a compound studied in 14 humans, from unregulated sources, based on the recommendation of someone who profits from selling it.
    Vikas Patel, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Roughly half of Iran’s missile launchers remain intact and thousands of one-way attack drones are still in its arsenal despite weeks of daily US and Israeli strikes on military targets, according to recent US intelligence assessments, three sources familiar with the intel told CNN.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Footnotes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footnotes. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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