1
a
: a short news story or graphic accompanying and presenting sidelights of a major story
b
: something incidental : sidelight
a sidebar to the essay's central theme
2
: a conference between the judge, the lawyers, and sometimes the parties to a case that the jury does not hear
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The six-episode drama is currently in development and will be pitched at the TV Drama Vision sidebar at the Göteborg Film Festival.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Clicking a button in the top right corner opens a sidebar for entering a deal name, assigning it to a company or contact, selecting the current stage, and entering the dollar value.
—PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2025
Screenshot: Bluesky The new feature can be found by selecting the search icon (the magnifying glass), which appears at the bottom of the screen on the mobile app and on the left sidebar on the web.
—Barbara Krasnoff, The Verge, 26 Dec. 2024
Nordic series have a prime position in your industry sidebar TV Drama Vision.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Clicking a button in the top right corner opens a sidebar for entering a deal name, assigning it to a company or contact, selecting the current stage, and entering the dollar value.
—PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2025
Screenshot: Bluesky The new feature can be found by selecting the search icon (the magnifying glass), which appears at the bottom of the screen on the mobile app and on the left sidebar on the web.
—Barbara Krasnoff, The Verge, 26 Dec. 2024
Nordic series have a prime position in your industry sidebar TV Drama Vision.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Sidebar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sidebar. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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sidebar
noun
side·bar
ˈsīd-ˌbär 
: sidebar conference
had failed to request a sidebar before injecting the collateral offense into the trial—Dockery v. State, 659 So. 2d 219 (1994)
Dockery v. State, 659 So. 2d 219 (1994)
sidebar
adjective
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