incidental mention
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An incidental mention won't really be enough for A-list consideration, but if you think special dispensation should be applied, please do feel free to justify.
From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2010
When he got up to make his speech extolling U.S.-British cooperation, he read from his Cabinet-approved little slips of blue paper until he came to an incidental mention of the word "Japan."
From Time Magazine Archive
But the incidental mention of the forgiveness of sins resulting from the redemption by Christ has not the meaning of an abolition of sin.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
It is no part of his design to give any regular list of the clans or their territories; he merely makes incidental mention of such as he had to do with.
From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Conybeare, Edward
The incidental mention of her and his brethren upon one occasion shows, however, what we cannot but infer, that she was one of his frequent attendants.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Cox, Francis Augustus
