as in in passing
by way of interjection or digression she mentioned en passant that she'd been to New York

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Recent Examples on the Web The Burns book gives us, en passant, vivid mini-portraits of Milton’s colleagues at the University of Chicago. Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 27 Feb. 2024

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“En passant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/en%20passant. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

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