1
a
: light coming or produced from the side
b
: incidental light or information
2
: the red light on the port bow or the green light on the starboard bow carried by ships underway at night
Examples of sidelight in a Sentence
The book includes some amusing sidelights about his childhood.
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In the end, that was a sidelight given how little the A’s did on offense in what was a bullpen game by the Angels, who improved to 33-46.
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Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
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But those were sidelights.
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Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
Swift and Kelce have been great for the game, a fun sidelight to the season.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2024
But those were sidelights.
—Bruce Weber, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
But his comic persona was a sidelight.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
See all Example Sentences for sidelight
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“Sidelight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sidelight. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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sidelight
noun
side·light
-ˌlīt 
1
: light from the side
2
: incidental or extra information
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