by the way

Idioms  

1. In passing, incidentally, as in She's my wife's cousin, and by the way, a good friend . [Mid-1500s]

2. Parenthetically, in addition, as in We saw Mary last week, and by the way, did Tom call you ? [Early 1600s]

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Example Sentences

We have an economic and monetary union—with 21 countries by the way.

From The Wall Street Journal

Domenicali said: "Don't be worried about the energy management. We're going to solve that. If we need to solve it, by the way."

From BBC

“Extradite and deport both mean ‘send back,’ by the way.”

From Literature

"I used new shoes in training which, by the way, I wasn't very happy with, but I kept them," Tschofenig said.

From BBC

So, I decided to liven the dressing room up and picked on my captain Ryan Shawcross, who - by the way - had been absolutely outstanding that half.

From BBC