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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a mere footnote" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is of little importance or significance in comparison to the main topic or issue being discussed.
Example: "While the report contained valuable insights, the mention of the budget was just a mere footnote in the overall analysis."
Alternatives: "a trivial detail" or "a minor point".
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But Roberts has been much more than a mere footnote.
Substitute Franck Ribéry's strike (81') was a mere footnote.
In comparison, the menu is a mere footnote.
This dispute, otherwise a mere footnote in America's culture wars, matters very much right now.
But he's a mere footnote, if that, in one academic musical theater tome after another.
Kelly's ambitions, though, are a mere footnote in the chronicle of unusual concert locations.
Technorati, while still operational, is now a mere footnote to the format.
That game-deciding hit made his eighth-inning throwing error a mere footnote.
In Boston, Marbury is a mere footnote, and he's never been happier.
If the artist had continued along this path, he would very likely be a mere footnote today.
Hume didn't seem to think this was very controversial, since he originally relegated his definition to a mere footnote.
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