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incidentally

[in-si-den-tl-ee, -dent-lee] / ˌɪn sɪˈdɛn tl i, -ˈdɛnt li /


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All of which, incidentally, is yet another argument to prefer inflation-protected bonds over regular ones, although the latest news suggests longer-term versions of such bonds may also come under pressure.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

Both debutants are, incidentally, ranked well above India in the current Fifa standings.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

“Could a cruise member have been cleaning up an area and incidentally aerosolized some rodent droppings?” said Dr. Elizabeth Hudson, regional physician chief of infectious diseases at Kaiser Permanente Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The private-sector unionization rate in the U.S. is still less than 6%, which incidentally is about the percentage of Starbucks stores now unionized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

We mix together and spark the gases of the primitive Earth: hydrogen, water, ammonia, methane, hydrogen sulfide—all present, incidentally, on the planet Jupiter today and throughout the Cosmos.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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