Example Sentences

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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

He added: “We want to move to a new system that people have confidence in and can comply with and move away perhaps from normalising asterisks against league tables or long-running regulatory cases.”

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024

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 short answer is yes, but it comes with a few asterisks.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

The snow was still falling, dissolving against the windshield, leaving wet asterisks on the glass.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez