incidental to
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But what came out of that hardship—the self-reliance, the drive, the refusal to accept helplessness—wasn’t incidental to who they were.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
People are incidental to Godzilla’s destructive marches through cities or transoceanic swims.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026
Generally, the deduction is designed for expenses that are incidental to research and development, such as rent, utilities and other overhead.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
His avaricious acquisitions of western lands is well known and not incidental to his desire to break from Great Britain, which had tried to limit western migration.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2026
It seemed to me that such popularity could only be incidental to what he had seen, or claimed to see.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
