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Synonyms: Noun
digression, divagation, excursion, tangent
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Adverb
He stepped aside and let her pass. He threw his coat aside. She laid the book aside. He elbowed people aside as he moved through the crowd. He took her aside to speak to her privately. Someone grabbed him and pulled him aside.Noun
She made a joke about the food in a muttered aside to her husband. The book includes several lengthy asides about the personal lives of scientists involved in the project. In his speech he mentioned her contributions almost as an aside, despite the fact that she was the one who came up with the idea originally.
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Posturing aside, there is a good chance of some sort of deal materializing in coming months. — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, "More Tariffs Are Exactly What China Inc. Doesn’t Need," 10 May 2019 Hijinks aside, Cyrus and Hemsworth were well prepared for their evening with fashion legends Bob Recine and James Kaliardos at hand to help. — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, "Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Gave the Met a Couples Moment for the History Books," 10 May 2019 An important sartorial aside: There’s this guy on Instagram. — Elizabeth Holmes, Town & Country, "An Open Letter to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's New Royal Baby," 7 May 2019 Instead of tossing the packaging of your used M.A.C. products in the trash can, set them aside in a safe place. — Devon Abelman, Allure, "M.A.C. Is Giving Away Free Lipstick in Exchange for Beauty Empties," 23 Apr. 2019 Dice a small onion, finely chop two cloves of garlic, and set both aside. — Audrey Bruno, SELF, "How to Cook a Risotto-Style Dish With Whatever Grain You Have," 20 Apr. 2019 Eight seats have been set aside for the media and 11 for the public. — Amy Forliti, The Seattle Times, "Judge restricts access to evidence in police shooting case," 29 Mar. 2019 Set aside until frothy, 4 to 6 minutes (if mixture does not froth, discard and start again). — Taylor Murray, Country Living, "Rooibos-Blueberry-Glazed Donut Holes," 19 Mar. 2019 But as the Great Depression continued, legislators would set the issue aside. — P.r. Lockhart, Vox, "By passing the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act this week, the Senate acknowledged its role in decades of racial terrorism.," 21 Dec. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Poetic asides to Bruce Weber, where her truly funny sense of humor would come out. — Francesco Carrozzini, WSJ, "In Franca Sozzani’s Letters, A Son Sees His Mother’s Creative Spirit," 11 Feb. 2019 At a rally, Mr. Trump can vary his tone, playing off the audience and its response — his voice rising into outrage and dropping into cutting asides. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Stop calling Facebook’s effort to fix itself an “arms race”," 14 Sep. 2018 Nerves asides, these two totally killed it—and the public agrees. — Blair Donovan, Country Living, "Kelly Clarkson Sang With Police Officers at Her Concert and the Response Was So Powerful," 23 Feb. 2019 Except for a few such strategically self-deprecating asides, DVF's trademark is self-confidence. — Eleanor Laurence, Town & Country, "T&C's 170th Anniversary," 23 Aug. 2013 Director Reed looks for the buoyant details and witty asides in most every scene. — Michael Phillips, kansascity, "‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’: With Paul Rudd, here’s one infestation we can get behind," 5 July 2018 As an aside: Apple dropped the price of its USB-C to Lightning cable from $25 to $19 earlier this year, which further bolstered these rumors. — Ashley Carman, The Verge, "Third-party USB-C to Lightning cables are reportedly happening," 5 Sep. 2018 The entire interview — totally uncut and complete with interruptions from passing emergency sirens, audio issues, and asides to the camera operators — is worth watching. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, "Casey Neistat interviews Logan Paul: ‘There’s a difference between being culturally insensitive and being insensitive’," 27 July 2018 Director Reed looks for the buoyant details and witty asides in most every scene. — Michael Phillips, kansascity, "‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’: With Paul Rudd, here’s one infestation we can get behind," 5 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'aside.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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