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
That framing would mean the law burdened Chiles’ speech only incidentally.
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Kevin Cope, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2026
Writing for the Court, Gorsuch rejected Jackson’s core argument that Colorado’s law merely regulates professional conduct and only incidentally burdens speech.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Two of the biggest roars of the game came at halftime, incidentally.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
Ford dreamed up the atomic-age Nucleon, powered by a tiny nugget of uranium and incidentally requiring tons of lead shielding to protect anyone who came within a football field of the thing.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
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Kevin Cope, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2026
Writing for the Court, Gorsuch rejected Jackson’s core argument that Colorado’s law merely regulates professional conduct and only incidentally burdens speech.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Two of the biggest roars of the game came at halftime, incidentally.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
Ford dreamed up the atomic-age Nucleon, powered by a tiny nugget of uranium and incidentally requiring tons of lead shielding to protect anyone who came within a football field of the thing.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Incidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incidentally. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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