as in in passing
by way of interjection or digression
incidentally, have you seen the new building they're putting up?
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Recent Examples of incidentally
Carville’s case for doing nothing, incidentally, is not merely some provocative outlier.
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Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Limon was writing, incidentally, just a year before the nation would profess to have its sense of humor upended.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Not incidentally, some of those scientists had been reviewing Musk’s Neuralink startup.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2025
The Italian team last constructors’ title came a year later, incidentally when the Briton secured his first world crown in an exhilarating finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix, pipping local hero Felipe Massa to the championship by the barest of margins.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Limon was writing, incidentally, just a year before the nation would profess to have its sense of humor upended.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Not incidentally, some of those scientists had been reviewing Musk’s Neuralink startup.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2025
The Italian team last constructors’ title came a year later, incidentally when the Briton secured his first world crown in an exhilarating finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix, pipping local hero Felipe Massa to the championship by the barest of margins.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Incidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incidentally. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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