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incidentally

[in-si-den-tl-ee, -dent-lee] / ˌɪn sɪˈdɛn tl i, -ˈdɛnt li /


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DCL incidentally should have been booked for diving in the box.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

The private-sector unionization rate in the U.S. is still less than 6%, which incidentally is about the percentage of Starbucks stores now unionized.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

Colorado argued that its statute does not meaningfully implicate the First Amendment because it regulates conduct and only incidentally burdens speech.

From Slate Mar. 31, 2026

Ford dreamed up the atomic-age Nucleon, powered by a tiny nugget of uranium and incidentally requiring tons of lead shielding to protect anyone who came within a football field of the thing.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

It also, incidentally, eliminates the possibility of robots, in complete adjustment, wandering off while still on Earth and thus bringing U. S. Robots face to face with the strict laws against robots on Earth.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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