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noun

as in tangent
a departure from the subject under consideration as an aside, something similar happened to me years ago

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Recent Examples of aside
Adverb
Feelings about the third season aside, seeing Sudeikis all dressed up as everyone’s favorite football coach hit me right in the feels. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026 However, after impressing bigwigs at Universal with his short film Amblin’, Spielberg put his education aside in 1968 to pursue filmmaking. — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Noun
For a company synonymous with AI, the most revealing line was almost an aside. — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 There are frequent funny asides and philosophical musings. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for aside
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aside
  1. apart
  2. tangent
  3. away
  4. elsewhere
  5. off
  6. down
Adverb
  • Jones said Velasquez and the victim were close friends and lived just a few miles apart.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
  • Premiering just two weeks apart, both shows are produced by Witherspoon’s media company, Hello Sunshine, which is coming up on its 10th anniversary this fall.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 July 2026
Definition of apart
Noun
  • That's what happens when your star insults moviegoers or goes off on tangents about the characters's sexuality.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Even a tonally lighter mid-season tangent about two horror host streamers who stumble on an early sighting of the Human Vapor in a music video is charged with precarity and desperation.
    — Rory Doherty, Time, 3 July 2026
Definition of tangent
Adverb
  • The shift away from fixer-uppers also showed up in earnings reports from home improvement retailers.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of away
Adverb
  • The ongoing World Cup has made for a spectacle simply not seen elsewhere — maybe not even in Argentina.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • That gives the three imminent data centers in Miami-Dade a tinier footprint than the headline makers elsewhere in the state, said Margaret Cook, vice president of water and community resilience at the Houston Advanced Research Center.
    — Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Definition of elsewhere
Adverb
  • Here are the best shoe deals — of up to 40 percent off in some cases — to snag at this year’s Nordstrom Anniversary Sale, running through August 9.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
  • And instead of having three days off between the game in Indiana and Wednesday’s home matchup against the Sky, the Liberty have an extra travel day and one less rest day — Monday — on the schedule.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026
Definition of off
Adverb
  • After going scoreless for a match and a half, down 1-0 at home against the National Women’s Soccer League’s best team on Friday night, the Kansas City Current had finally had enough.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
  • Their two other runs came in the ninth inning, down 23-2 against third baseman Jorbit Vivas on the mound.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
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