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3 ENTRIES FOUND:

side·bar

noun \-ˌbär\

Definition of SIDEBAR

1
a : a short news story or graphic accompanying and presenting sidelights of a major story b : something incidental : sidelight <a sidebar to the essay's central theme>
2
: a conference between the judge, the lawyers, and sometimes the parties to a case that the jury does not hear

First Known Use of SIDEBAR

1945

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