sidebar

[ sahyd-bahr ]

/ ˈsaɪdˌbɑr /

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noun

follow-up(def 3b).

a typographically distinct section of a page, as in a book or magazine, that amplifies or highlights the main text.

a conference between the judge and lawyers out of the presence of the jury.

a subordinate or incidental issue, remark, activity, etc.

Nearby words

side-splitting, side-valve engine, side-wheel, sidearm, sideband, sidebar, sideboard, sideboards, sidebone, sideburns, sidecar

Origin of sidebar

First recorded in 1945–50; side¹ + bar¹

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Examples from the Web for sidebar

Sidebar: the Electoral College is the balk rule of government.
Baseball’s Problem Is Politics’ Problem|Doug McIntyre|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Its addictive “sidebar of shame” catalogues every celebrity roll of fat, fashion faux pas, and shaky early-morning nightclub exit.
Hollywood vs. The Daily Mail: George Clooney and Angelina Jolie Take On The UK's Leanest, Meanest Gossip Machine|Lizzie Crocker, Lloyd Grove|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He went on to describe the probe as a “sidebar issue” and hinted it was politically motivated.
Scott Walker Investigated in Secret Wisconsin Probe|Ben Jacobs|October 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The judge and the lawyers broke for a sidebar, outside the purview of the jury, the media, and the public.
‘You’re a F—cking Liar’: Whitey Bulger and the FBI’s Sordid History|T.J. English|July 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST

And not just an obit, but a sidebar under the hed "Caruso Kept Hoping He Would Return."
A1-Worthy Musical Deaths|Michael Tomasky|May 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Late in the afternoon the Captain returned riding in a sidebar buggy with a man.
Horses Nine|Sewell Ford
The man drove away in the sidebar leaving the Captain and the lumber wagon.
Horses Nine|Sewell Ford

British Dictionary definitions for sidebar

sidebar

/ (ˈsaɪdˌbɑː) /

noun

(in a newspaper, website, etc) a short article placed alongside and providing additional information about a longer one

any subsidiary or supplementary thing

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