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

Former Sky News anchor Adam Boulton called the question of illegality "a side issue".

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2023

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

Compared with that reset, tutoring may be a side issue.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2022

McKinley trip until Peary brought it up as a side issue to throw doubt on Dr. Cook's Polar Claim; see page 534 of this book.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.