as in tangent
a departure from the subject under consideration
as an aside, something similar happened to me years ago
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Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2024
Labels aside, Goose lands at Stanford Frost Amphitheatre at 6:30 Saturday p.m. on Saturday.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 18 July 2024
And pitch-perfect Baker scores laugh after laugh with occasional asides, pointed commentary and sometimes just a disapproving noise.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2024
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Adverb
In 1971 Michael was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and Magdalena set aside her own work and began to collaborate with him.
—Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2024
Labels aside, Goose lands at Stanford Frost Amphitheatre at 6:30 Saturday p.m. on Saturday.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
Noun
This oral history with informative asides was definitely worth the wait.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 18 July 2024
And pitch-perfect Baker scores laugh after laugh with occasional asides, pointed commentary and sometimes just a disapproving noise.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2024
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“Aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aside. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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