asterisk
(dated) A small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.
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Stephen A. Smith On The Real Asterisk On The Lakers Bubble Championship With 5 Months Off #nba youtu.be/3a-r6Jz0Lnk
The authorial voice (which also in this book frequently overlaps with Anne's) comes in with a quick asterisk: "[Lady Russell] had prejudices on the side of ancestry: she had a value for rank and consequence, which bli…
expert inclusion of an asterisk there
the asterisk upon my gravestone spells the harrowed tale of a trillion separate Hells .
::cracks knuckles:: ::clears throat:: They never should’ve legalized tech suits. And once they did, they should’ve just kept them legal. Instead, our sport now has an asterisk era, all of our own doing.
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(dated) A small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.
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(transitive) To mark or replace (text, etc.) with an asterisk symbol (*; ''''); to star.
“Stephen A. Smith On The Real Asterisk On The Lakers Bubble Championship With 5 Months Off #nba youtu.be/3a-r6Jz0Lnk”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The authorial voice (which also in this book frequently overlaps with Anne's) comes in with a quick asterisk: "[Lady Russell] had prejudices on the side of ancestry: she had a value for rank and consequence, which blinded her a little to the faults of those who possessed them." 🛁”
— Bluesky· May 2026“expert inclusion of an asterisk there”
— Bluesky· May 2026“the asterisk upon my gravestone spells the harrowed tale of a trillion separate Hells .”
— Bluesky· May 2026“::cracks knuckles:: ::clears throat:: They never should’ve legalized tech suits. And once they did, they should’ve just kept them legal. Instead, our sport now has an asterisk era, all of our own doing.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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