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

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

As yet I have but met with the incidental mention of his name in the pages of Fox, and in Hollingworth's Mancuensis, pp.

From Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

This incidental mention of Mrs. Foster had sent my thoughts and fears fluttering toward a deep, unutterable dread, which was lurking under all my other cares.

From The Doctor's Dilemma by Stretton, Hesba