footnote

Example Sentences

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“I know both of us look back on that time with great fondness, but I will also say that I know that I’m really just a footnote in what he actually accomplished in his life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

But even that movie dilutes Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel to a fraction of its story, reducing all of the text’s thematic resonance to a footnote along with it.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Finally, insofar as Kagan cited to legislative history, she did so only briefly and in a footnote.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

The figure, which is a closely watched footnote disclosure, was about nine times Oracle’s revenue for the previous four quarters, and included the $300 billion related to OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

This struggle against error brought into being the footnote: the mechanism for ensuring that every fact could be traced to an authorizing statement.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton