Noun a movement now regarded as a footnote to history
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Noun
Talk Show opened up for the Foo Fighters and Aerosmith later that fall, but broke up soon afterwards and are little more than an alt-rock footnote today. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2022 The troll job ultimately became a footnote in what turned out to be a wild finish Sunday night. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2022 Matthew Wolff became a footnote in LIV Golf history with the first hole-in-one, an ace that carried him to a 7-under-par 63 and a one-shot lead over twp newcomers Friday in the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston.San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Sep. 2022 When the obituary for the Pac-12 is written, the Big 12 may get a footnote about being the final nail in the coffin, but the actual being of the Pac-12 was dead long before that. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022 There was one footnote in the deal that should be of particular interest to NFL Films junkies.BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2021 His parents were an early example of a showbiz couple: The elder Stevens was a young filmmaker on the rise, having already achieved a footnote in film history as the director of photography for dozens of Laurel and Hardy comedies. Peter Tonguette, WSJ, 21 July 2022 That was the extent of his big league career, a forgettable footnote in baseball history. Hayes Gardner, Washington Post, 9 July 2022 In the majority opinion, Bradley devoted a lengthy footnote to the issue. Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
Verb
His argument is sophisticated and footnoted, but jargon-free and illustrated in a way that helps even readers with no economic training to follow it.The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019 That makes much of the display feel less like rewriting history than simply footnoting more thoroughly.BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2019 Each section comes heavily footnoted, indicating the appearance of traditional folk tale motifs — taboos, odd coincidences. Parul Sehgal, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019 For instance, a recent booking at a local beach resort hotel was footnoted in the small print as having a $50-a-night fee for any vehicle brought to the property.Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019 Those who bothered to read all four hundred and forty-eight pages discovered a gripping document, painstakingly footnoted and verified. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 24 July 2019 Given that data analytics have changed under the new standard, investors need to look beyond financial statement footnotes to grasp the proper disclosures, Ms. Peters said. Mark Maurer, WSJ, 10 July 2019 Lately, the sweep of reductive history has elevated Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein and Herbert von Karajan to almost mythic status, leaving the other great conductors of the 20th century as footnotes that only specialist collectors care about. Allan Kozinn, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2018 Two European novelists, Ronald Firbank and Louis-Ferdinand Céline, are footnoted, with their birth and death years, their vocations, and the statement that New Directions published them in the United States. Ethan Mordden, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018 See More