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footnote

noun as in note at bottom of document

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It was a brilliant play, but one reduced to a mere footnote in the wake of a come-from-behind victory by the Chargers.

What might once have been a footnote in a quarterly earnings report has become a recognizable genre: the corporate reversal, performed in public, equal parts contrition and spectacle.

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Whether the lunch becomes a footnote in papal history or a touchstone for others will depend on how religious and political leaders respond.

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“I would point you to a footnote in Justice Jackson’s dissent in the birthright citizenship case that cited Fraenkel, ‘Dual State’ in talking about the regime of executive lawlessness that the court had ushered in.”

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But the FDA did not mention exemptions to import bans until 2024 — and only then in a single footnote of its 25-page report to Congress.

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