footnote
an explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page.
a minor or tangential comment or event added or subordinated to a main statement or more important event.
to add a footnote or footnotes to (a text, statement, etc.); annotate: to footnote a dissertation.
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How to use footnote in a sentence
That’s probably enough to ensure it will be at least a footnote in history.
Zendaya and John David Washington deserve a better film than Malcolm & Marie | Alissa Wilkinson | February 5, 2021 | VoxThe unfortunate footnote of any Gonzaga season is that for some, it means little unless Few wins a national championship.
Gonzaga Is Dominating With Speed And Defensive Disruption | Josh Planos | January 26, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThat includes long-standing features like footnotes, citations and changelogs—none of which are available to those attempting to correct falsehoods on social media platforms.
Cleveland wound up as the footnote of this four-team trade, but it did well to grab the 22-year-old Allen as a long-term option at center.
James Harden deal shows Nets are all in, both for a title and as a personality experiment | Ben Golliver | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostInstead of budget footnotes, journalists were trying to find safety.
Her decision was based on a tiny footnote written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Stevens in 2005.
When I wrote the novel about the Gulag, House of Meetings, the name Stalin only appears in a footnote very early on.
Martin Amis Talks About Nazis, Novels, and Cute Babies | Ronald K. Fried | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMike Tyson Mysteries is also another footnote in one of the unlikeliest second acts in history.
Mike Tyson Reinvents Himself (Again) as a Cartoon TV Detective on ‘Mike Tyson Mysteries’ | Annaliza Savage | July 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy the time "decisions need to be made" about 2016, Christie said, "I think this will be a footnote."
To put things into perspective, had Gore won his home state, Florida would have been relegated to a footnote.
footnote 2: Tatham says that the tobacco plant is peculiarly adapted for an agricultural comparison of climates.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.footnote 23: Monardes wrote upon it only from the small account he had of it from the Brazilians.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.footnote 48: Tobacco has been able to survive such attacks as these—nay, has raised up a host of defenders as well as opponents.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.footnote 76: Hughes, in his History of Barbadoes, says that the common people call the worm kitifonia.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.footnote 81: Florida tobacco is noted for the white rust found on the leaves.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
British Dictionary definitions for footnote
/ (ˈfʊtˌnəʊt) /
a note printed at the bottom of a page, to which attention is drawn by means of a reference mark in the body of the text
an additional comment, as to a main statement
(tr) to supply (a page, book, etc) with footnotes
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