incidental
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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
A panel for the 9th Circuit disagreed, holding that the statute “imposes only incidental burdens on religious expression” and is both neutral and generally applicable.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
The net effect: Nvidia can afford to dial back its earnings spin, because the expense on its income statement for stock-based pay is incidental compared with its true economic cost.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Many of the professors used the Socratic method—direct, repetitive, and adversarial questioning—which had the incidental effect of humiliating unprepared students.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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