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
From Thiers, confirmed by contemporary memoirs and pamphlets and other incidental mention, I gained my conviction that the Continental System was the determinative factor in Napoleon's fortunes after Tilsit.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
The incidental mention of her and his brethren upon one occasion shows, however, what we cannot but infer, that she was one of his frequent attendants.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Cox, Francis Augustus
It is an incidental mention of a fact.
From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by Cobbett, William
