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"incidental comment" is a phrase used in written English
You can use it when referring to a comment that is made in the course of a conversation but that is not directly related to the topic of conversation. For example: "John's incidental comment about the weather sparked a heated debate."
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It isn't the protester who changes her view (though an incidental comment about fingernails factors in).
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Volunteers say they try not to be critical of the people who come in, but incidental comments show they clearly struggle not to categorise recipients into deserving and undeserving; there is a hint of moralising that might be less pronounced in a state service.
Mayr gave just The Origin of Species and offered a number of incidental comments on Darwin's contributions.
Despite incidental comments from community members about traditional people with specialized knowledge, we did not find causal or moral principles that were specific to certain individuals or particular kinds of harvesting.
He writes about big matters — nothing bigger than life and death, after all — as if they were incidental oddities deserving of wry comment but no great moralizing or posturing.
The fact it is the theme for the British Office, and Gay's comments are David Brent-esque, is merely incidental.
In a BBC Online review of the 2003 Thunderbirds soundtrack album, Morag Reavley commented positively on composer Barry Gray's incidental piece "Fireflash Landing", stating that it is one of several "catchy, pulse-quickening tunes" that "come fast and furious".
In a story in February, the Washington Post disclosed that the government had picked up the comments of then National Security Advisor Michael Flynn in just such an "incidental" fashion.
It's easy to write these off as small, incidental slip-ups, to defend these people because they're just offhand comments and they didn't really mean to sound racist.
In a story in February, the Washington Post disclosed that the government had picked up the comments of then national security adviser Michael Flynn in just such an "incidental" fashion.
Given these figures and the additional comments that non-compliance mainly occurred in non-ventilated, non-sedated patients, it is unlikely that these incidental failures to apply medication affected the effectiveness of the interventions.
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