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The phrase "a welcome side" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a positive or beneficial aspect of a situation or topic.
Example: "The new policy has a welcome side, as it promotes employee well-being and productivity."
Alternatives: "a positive aspect" or "a beneficial side".
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But the shortage of funds turned out to have a welcome side effect.
"Size is a welcome side effect of our actions, but it is not the core objective," he said.
Previous research had detected similar inverse correlations between allergies and brain tumours, suggesting that a welcome side effect of allergy was resistance to cancer.
A welcome side effect of such a strategy is that it plucks a family out of the New York vacation rat race.
And eating insect-resistant veggies will not make us insect-resistant (though come to think of it that might be a welcome side effect).
Working on his Mizner musical with Mr. Weidman (his collaborator on "Assassins" and "Pacific Overtures"), Mr. Sondheim seemed to regard the show as a welcome side trip to something breezier, saying he had in mind a latter-day variation on the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Roadd" movies.
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It's a welcome side-step.
That's a welcome side-effect of Twilight".
A swashbuckling post-apocalyptic coming of age story with a welcome side-order of humour.
A welcome side-effect of the project is that it has sparked a burst of serious Massive Attack-tivity.
"If people want to reveal who they voted for, who are we to stop them, and if this leads to enthusing others to do the same, that's a welcome side-effect".
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