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Keir Starmer’s predecessor as British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, will be remembered by historians largely as a footnote.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026
Time marches on, and one era’s sensational renegade becomes a footnote in the next.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
But that denouement is but a footnote to their much more significant collaboration in the years of the American crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The minister for agriculture, whose villa has its own footnote in mid-20th-century Mafia history, will continue serving in the Cabinet.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026
These troubles would have ended as an interesting footnote but for one thing: these infinities and zeros are the key to understanding nature.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing footnote
Reading: Informational - Middle School
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Reading: Informational - High School
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