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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a sidebar" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to introduce additional information or a related topic that is not the main focus of the discussion.
Example: "The main topic of our meeting is the budget, but as a sidebar, I want to mention the upcoming team-building event."
Alternatives: "in addition" or "as a side note".
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As a sidebar: Mitt?
Chrisafis's piece had a week's menu as a sidebar.
And as a sidebar issue about safety, some of the shenanigans had to stop".
As a sidebar, baiters have been riffing forever about hunting/eating vegetarians and vegans and other classic "jokes".
In what was described as a sidebar session, outside of the conference room, Stern said he asked union officials if they would consider a simple 50-50 split.
He's even nervous on the strip that serves as a sidebar to the contents page: "What IS all this?" he asks.
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On his site UKSnow, users who tweet about the weather in realtime can now have their location coordinates and snow descriptions plotted on a map, as well as streaming in a sidebar.
Intel Mash Maker sits in your browser as a toolbar that can be expanded into a sidebar as well.
While the article celebrates women as studio chiefs, a sidebar on the absence of female directors ["Directed by Mr. So-and-So"] reveals an attitude that I, as an aspiring director, found maddening.
FlickIM is letting applications integrate right into chat messages or as widgets along a sidebar.
Desserts here are prominently displayed on a sidebar as enticement and are difficult to pass up.
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