sideshow
Example Sentences
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In seeking to explain his plunge into the fifth round, some pointed to concerns about Shedeur’s personality and the sideshow of being the son of “Coach Prime.”
Modern accounting and investor trust have reduced dividends to a sideshow, but they used to be the whole point.
From Barron's
Excitement over future AI business has largely reduced Cipher’s existing operations to a sideshow.
From Barron's
Graham and Van der Merwe's continuing battle to end their respective careers as Scotland's all-time top try scorer is another entertaining sideshow.
From BBC
The magician Ricky Jay’s compendium of actual “unique, eccentric and amazing entertainers” offers a parade of con artists, charlatans, escapologists, daredevils, mesmerists, contortionists and sideshow acts.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.