side issue
Example Sentences
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“So now, instead of focusing on the main issue, the side issue has become the main point. But those main issues remain, and they still need to be addressed in a clear manner.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
“This is not a minor side issue — this is how the systems are built. It is existential for these companies to be able to use this amount of data.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Time after time, the real issue stands before us, and we find ourselves baying after some side issue of far less importance.
From Salon ● May 13, 2023
But just the side issue of how to pay for the state’s roads, as more electric cars deplete the state’s gas tax revenues, is inciting some incendiary reactions from the public of late.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
In a desperate effort to help Peary, a cowardly side issue was forced through Professor Herschell Parker, who had been with me on the Mt.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.
