sidebar

[sahyd-bahr]

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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.

Origin of sidebar

First recorded in 1945–50; side¹ + bar¹

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Related Words for sidebar

reaction, aftereffect, aftermath, concomitant, corollary, leftover, offshoot, spinoff, aftertaste, byproduct, sidebar

Examples from the Web for sidebar

Contemporary Examples of sidebar

Sidebar: the Electoral College is the balk rule of government.
Baseball’s Problem Is Politics’ Problem
Doug McIntyre
November 4, 2014
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
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
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
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

Historical Examples of sidebar

The man drove away in the sidebar leaving the Captain and the lumber wagon.
Horses Nine
Sewell Ford
Late in the afternoon the Captain returned riding in a sidebar buggy with a man.
Horses Nine
Sewell Ford

British Dictionary definitions for sidebar

sidebar

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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Word Origin and History for sidebar

"secondary article accompanying a larger one in a newspaper," 1948, from side (adj.) + bar (n.1).