as in tangent
a departure from the subject under consideration
as an aside, something similar happened to me years ago
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Recent Examples of aside
Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Long lines and flight delays aside, most North American travelers are surprisingly satisfied with their flying experience.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Small things—good jokes, cupcakes, asides—kept the engines running.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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Noun
So set aside for a moment the exasperation of the 0-2 start as the Chiefs prepared to take on the New York Giants on Sunday night at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Long lines and flight delays aside, most North American travelers are surprisingly satisfied with their flying experience.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
The original films set a high bar for the number of such random asides included, but Schaffer and co-writers Dan Gregor and Doug Mand did their best to incorporate the maximum amount tolerable.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Small things—good jokes, cupcakes, asides—kept the engines running.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aside
Noun
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An early tangent leads us on a 12-minute detour talking about Bob Dylan.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
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This sounds like something out of the mouth of a Quentin Tarantino character on a brilliant, oddball tangent.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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What sets Birmingham apart, though, is its ability to innovate without severing ties to those traditions.—
Rai Mincey,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The airline is pursuing a longstanding goal of flying nonstop from Sydney to London – cities about 10,000 miles apart.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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How can someone steal from you and simply get away with it?—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Everman defensive back Jarie Stafford batted away the fourth-down pass and the offense was able to run out the clock.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Sometimes the visits are more to support British investment elsewhere, as in 2016, when the Queen hosted Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos de Calderon.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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According to Korn Ferry, this phenomenon describes employees clinging to their current positions rather than seeking opportunities elsewhere, driven primarily by economic uncertainty rather than job satisfaction.—
Kara Dennison,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Late that night, long after the Temple Burn, some attendees had gone back out for one last night of partying on the playa, while others hung out in the relative quiet of open camping, with the ever-present thump of EDM far off in the distance.—
Denver Nicks,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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In his lab, McKnight’s studies of gene regulation led to the identification of the leucine zipper, a transcription factor that regulates how the expression of cellular genes is turned on and off.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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On fourth down, Chargers quarterback Corin Berry evaded multiple Corona del Mar tacklers and scrambled for positive yardage, but was tackled short of the first down by Scott Anderson to give the Sea Kings the ball to close out the game.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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On the crucial fourth down, Mission Bay handed the ball to Jevyn Higman, who’d bounced it to the outside for a 43-yard score.—
Clark Fahrenthold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aside. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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