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asterisk
noun as in reference mark
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Keep the scare quotes around gay “marriage,” or at least put an asterisk after it.
Hoist that big historical asterisk skyward and place it next to his name.
In a year with less unrest economically, that would be an asterisk.
But now, in the name of religion, some people want to add an asterisk.
Instead of guessing, put an asterisk in the vacant spot and have the search engine figure it out for you.
I have put an asterisk against the names of the colleges whose presidents are graduates of Oberlin.
By the asterisk above mentioned the writer refers to a circle surrounded by rays, a sun symbol of male significance.
There is a tendency to confine the asterisk to such cases, and to use the full stop for shorter ellipses.
Most of these are recollected by Professor Cromwell and those with the asterisk are furnished by others.
Page 2, added missing footnote reference (original text had footnote, but no matching asterisk).
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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to asterisk, such as: bullet, caret, dagger, diacritical mark, ditto, and double dagger.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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