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incidental

[in-si-den-tl] / ˌɪn sɪˈdɛn tl /


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That total wasn’t immediately clear, but when the suit was filed in 2023, she reportedly was suing for damages as well as all medical and incidental expenses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Courts are sometimes more forgiving of burdens on speech when the real focus of a law is conduct, and when any restriction on speech is minor and incidental.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Such forced comparisons are meant to be the film’s focus, but the incidental details are more compelling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The idea was that "this family's life and their happiness is fully built on Max Cady's suffering. He's not an incidental, forgotten figure in their past," Antosca said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Traveling through another dimension provides, as an incidental benefit, a kind of X-ray vision.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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