foot·note
ˈfu̇t-ˌnōt 
1
: a note of reference, explanation, or comment usually placed below the text on a printed page
2
a
: one that is a relatively subordinate or minor part (as of an event, work, or field)
a movement now regarded as a footnote to architectural history
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Noun
a movement now regarded as a footnote to history
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
Buried in a footnote of a nearly five-year-old regulatory letter, IL 1170, the national banking regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), opened the door for national banks to participate in the cryptocurrency marketplace.
—Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Its diametrical opposite might be the epigraph, the upfront citation, not relegated to footnote or endnote and often in italics — a phenomenon no one could fail to observe.
—Elisa Gabbert, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Noun
But Cuti realized his error in his Feb. 7 reply brief, in a footnote on page 3.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
Buried in a footnote of a nearly five-year-old regulatory letter, IL 1170, the national banking regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), opened the door for national banks to participate in the cryptocurrency marketplace.
—Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Verb
Rigorously footnoted, informed by interviews with fellow company members as well as industry figures, the book is shaped by Almond’s own memories as a cast member making his Broadway debut.
—Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Its diametrical opposite might be the epigraph, the upfront citation, not relegated to footnote or endnote and often in italics — a phenomenon no one could fail to observe.
—Elisa Gabbert, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Footnote.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footnote. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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