incidental mention
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An incidental mention won't really be enough for A-list consideration, but if you think special dispensation should be applied, please do feel free to justify.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2010
When he got up to make his speech extolling U.S.-British cooperation, he read from his Cabinet-approved little slips of blue paper until he came to an incidental mention of the word "Japan."
From Time Magazine Archive
The incidental mention of the condition of the abbey itself at different times strongly illustrates the history of the district and the age.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Dugald Butler
But the incidental mention of the forgiveness of sins resulting from the redemption by Christ has not the meaning of an abolition of sin.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
Hence the scanty, and for the most part merely incidental, mention of things of that nature in his retrospective history.
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Eleazar Lord
