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How to use the word asterisk in a Sentence?

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Josh Allen was telling me there’s going to be an asterisk by this win because there was only three rounds, but I think that name, our names are going to be up there [on the Wall of Champions] for a long time.

Aaron Rodgers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As things are now, I'm not sure what causes rents to drop, but a recession is the asterisk in the conversation. The Fed is taking a baseball bat to the economy and there are more rate increases in store. There is still a tremendous amount of uncertainty.

Jonathan Miller

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Because the rules are not correct. But right now, the rules are what they are, maybe put an asterisk there.

Lia Thomas

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It sounds like you’re trying to put an asterisk on the 2020 election which only feeds this conspiracy nonsense that is wrecking this country, why did we have what we had here a year ago was this conspiratorial nonsense that leads people to the idea that there was something to this. There was nothing to this.

Chuck Todd

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Left are just mad because we actually attacked the government who is the problem … The right IN ONE DAY took the f(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk) U.S. Capitol. Keep poking us.

Thomas Robertson

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The big kind of asterisk, if you like, against all of these studies, is that they are really dealing with massively incomplete information, were all guessing what the true infection rates and the case fatality rates are because there isnt widespread uniform testing in every country.

Paula Cannon

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The verdict of this kangaroo court will be meaningless. By refusing the facts, by refusing witnesses and documents the Republican majority has placed a giant asterisk, the asterisk of a sham trial, next to the acquittal of President Donald Trump, written in permanent ink, acquittal in an unfair trial with this giant asterisk, the asterisk of a sham trial, is worth nothing at all to President Donald Trump or anybody else.

Chuck Schumer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In the aftermath of these hearings, I believe that Christines testimony brought about more good than the harm misogynist Republicans caused by allowing Kavanaugh on Supreme Court, he will always have an asterisk next to his name. When he takes a scalpel to Roe v. Wade, we will know who he is, we know his character, and we know what motivates him, and that is important.

Debra Katz

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

She's going to be a superstar and she already is, but now it's just the beginning, there should be no asterisk, she won fair and square. She was definitely playing better than Serena Williams from the get-go, so this is hers and hers 100 % no matter what was happening with the chaos.

Billie Jean

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Unless it has massive legs, any opening under $50 million is not a triumph, it's still an asterisk. The next two weeks will tell the tale.

Jeff Bock

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I think what people are finding that this is a pretty humorous, quintessential New York story of this person who goes 50% with trying to have a nice deed but ends up coming off with an asterisk at the end.

Reilly Flaherty

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Governor Christie’s comments in this regard have been particularly irresponsible, though not surprising for somebody whose poll numbers are closer to an asterisk than they are double digits. Clearly this is part of the strategy to turn that around.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There's an asterisk on it.

Edward Jones analyst Matt Arnold

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Our message has to be 'it's not Spider-Man with an asterisk; it's the real Spider-Man for kids of color, for adults of color and everybody else,'.

Brian Bendis

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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