Example Sentences
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Some attendees even paid tribute to one of the most famous footnotes of Obama’s presidency by wearing tan suits, a lighthearted nod to the outfit that once sparked outsized political controversy.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026
By the time the SEC had plowed through everything, its rule ran to 300,000 words—that’s the equivalent of “Moby-Dick” plus “The Sun Also Rises”—with well over 3,000 footnotes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Elaborately framed as the translation of a rediscovered travel memoir, complete with fictional footnotes, many readers thought it was about a genuine historic text when the book was first published in 2020.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
And yet those, too, were just footnotes to the even larger problem.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
A small academic brouhaha ensued, complete with hundreds of footnotes.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
