as in tangentially
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Recent Examples of parenthetically
Cruises that parenthetically include Rome in their itineraries actually dock in Civitavecchia, which is about an hour and a half away without traffic.
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
Eve Chen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
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Now adults, after a childhood marred with tragedy, Guin flogs a memoir only tangentially related to the truth, and Ennis stages a new art exhibit, despite what happened at the last one.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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And the fact that people pay money to stand around for four hours, or more, to watch a press conference is a remarkable testament to sports fans’ willingness to be bored as long as football is tangentially involved.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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More to Explore Abrahm and Kenter also argue that Tik-Tok essentially follows the Three Laws of Robotics that Asimov would lay down decades later—robots must first prioritize human lives, secondarily obey orders from humans, and only consider their own welfare after that.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
19 May 2026
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The suit alleges Anthropic is secondarily liable for contributory and vicarious infringement tied to those uses.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2026
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Its Prancing Horse logo (which, incidentally, stems from the same origins as Porsche’s own equine badge mascot) has been seen billions of times by billions of people.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
28 May 2026
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In a probing piece for The New Yorker, journalist Jessica Winter took a hard look at Burden’s financial profile—and incidentally turned up some holes in the narrative that has defined her divorce as tragic for chiefly financial reasons.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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“Parenthetically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parenthetically. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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