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incidentally

adverb

ˌin(t)-sə-ˈden-tᵊl-ē

Definition of incidentally

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 The choice also, not incidentally, is a bulwark against litigation. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026 Pin behavior before agents touch the tangle, with characterization tests that record what the code actually does—ideal AI grunt work, incidentally. — Evan J. Schwartz, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Also in the cast is Homer Gere, the son of actor Richard Gere, who was, incidentally, briefly married to Crawford in the early ‘90s. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 28 July 2026 The existence of these precedents—many of which, not incidentally, involve imperial ambition or climate change—is taken as a credential of their seriousness. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for incidentally

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