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

Also there are certain minor objects—tin ships, Easter eggs, and the like—of which I shall make incidental mention, that like the kiwi and the duck-billed platypus refuse to be classified.

From Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars" by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

He began to dream about the Tucker case, and an incidental mention of it in the office would make the atmosphere unpleasant for the day.

From The Best Policy by Flower, Elliott

But the incidental mention of such a mass of money conveys no adequate conception of the power of this family.

From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Myers, Gustavus