side issue

Example Sentences

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“So now, instead of focusing on the main issue, the side issue has become the main point. But those main issues remain, and they still need to be addressed in a clear manner.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Farage went on to say the Mail interview was a "side issue" and that the party had to investigate the claims against Lowe.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

“This is not a minor side issue — this is how the systems are built. It is existential for these companies to be able to use this amount of data.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2024

But just the side issue of how to pay for the state’s roads, as more electric cars deplete the state’s gas tax revenues, is inciting some incendiary reactions from the public of late.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2023

It had become a side issue, a thread in the tangled skein he had pledged himself to unravel.

From Miss Maitland Private Secretary by Bonner, Geraldine