side issue
Example Sentences
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"The general feeling is that spying is a side issue and not taken very seriously," says Kevin Hatchard, a Bundesliga match commentator.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
“So now, instead of focusing on the main issue, the side issue has become the main point. But those main issues remain, and they still need to be addressed in a clear manner.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Compared with that reset, tutoring may be a side issue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
But for our present purposes all that is a side issue, even if it’s also a yawning abyss beneath our feet.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2019
This is not to be wondered at in a book that draws from the same speculative conception the conclusion that the transfer of property was purely a side issue in Roman inheritance.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich
