asterisk
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Some cinema snobs might find Letterboxd a distasteful asterisk on film culture.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Appearance is paid for and authorized by each candidate and ballot measure which is designated by” an asterisk.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The decline in the unemployment rate came with an asterisk: The labor force shrank by nearly 400,000 people, meaning fewer Americans were counted as unemployed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
And because obesity itself is a known driver of GI dysfunction, every data point carries an asterisk: Is this the drug or the disease it’s treating?
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2026
I’d hoped to understand the story about Saul and Jonas, put a medical asterisk on that family legend, but if family is important, then the next generation has to get their chance.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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
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
It is unprecedented for the official Super Bowl but there are asterisks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 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 magazine was printed somewhere in Maine and full of stenciled poems and descriptive paragraphs separated from each other by asterisks.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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