sideshow
noun
a minor show or exhibition in connection with a principal one, as at a circus.
sideshows
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pluralof sideshow.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Amanda Swager, a chemistry teacher at Chino High School who said they were intersex, said “these sideshows, these resolutions do absolutely nothing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024
“There would have been a lot of sideshows if he were to testify that would have, I think, made it a challenge for him,” Blanche said.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
Consider the tourist exhibits in ancient Sparta, which by Roman times had become a theme park of wonders and sideshows.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2024
But these often felt like sideshows, guidebooks: boosterish accessories to a main event that is now struggling to regain and maintain its centrality in international culture.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
Remembering Emma’s stories of performing in traveling sideshows with Miss Peregrine and the others, I turned to her and asked, “Are they peculiar?”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
