footnote
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In a footnote, the plaintiff clarified that his brother was also present at the time of the incident and that neither of them engaged in inappropriate conduct toward the unidentified woman.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Arsenal will hope this blip is only a footnote in what can still be a successful season - but the Gunners are going to have get back to their best, and quickly.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 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
Nor with the media, who needed sensation and since no deaths had occurred would give it only passing mention, like a footnote in a thousand-page book.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
Vocabulary lists containing footnote
Reading: Informational - Middle School
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Reading: Informational - High School
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