in passing
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Incidentally, by the way, as in “It may be remarked in passing” (Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, 1849). [Mid-1800s]
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inpaint, in pais, in pari delicto, in part, in particular, in passing, inpatient, in perpetuity, in perpetuum, in person, in personam
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