as in tangents
a departure from the subject under consideration
as an aside, something similar happened to me years ago
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Recent Examples of asides
Those records are now asides and ephemera, not events.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
Mother Mary Comes to Me mostly proceeds in a straight line through Roy’s life, but the author can’t resist editorializing or indulging in frequent asides, pausing the action to tell the reader how something will unfold.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
The original films set a high bar for the number of such random asides included, but Schaffer and co-writers Dan Gregor and Doug Mand did their best to incorporate the maximum amount tolerable.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Small things—good jokes, cupcakes, asides—kept the engines running.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Exemptions are better than abatements—Exemptions for a set period with specific set asides seem to create the most predictability for the developer.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
David Browne, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
Mother Mary Comes to Me mostly proceeds in a straight line through Roy’s life, but the author can’t resist editorializing or indulging in frequent asides, pausing the action to tell the reader how something will unfold.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
The original films set a high bar for the number of such random asides included, but Schaffer and co-writers Dan Gregor and Doug Mand did their best to incorporate the maximum amount tolerable.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Small things—good jokes, cupcakes, asides—kept the engines running.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Exemptions are better than abatements—Exemptions for a set period with specific set asides seem to create the most predictability for the developer.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for asides
digressions
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His essays — an array of digressions on meme culture, monetary theory and markets — remain widely read in crypto circles.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
21 Aug. 2025
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These otherworldly digressions from the plot and their treatment of mortality elevate the family-friendly biopic from its more standard messaging of being yourself despite others’ opinions.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Asides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asides. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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