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 Butler, Dugald
After this incidental mention of Aruru, the narrative passes back undisturbed to Marduk.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
Your incidental mention that you have family prayers every evening produced a thousand strange sensations in my mind.
From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by Prentiss, George L.
