sideshow

Example Sentences

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For decades, U.S. macroeconomic debates treated regulation as a sideshow—important for lawyers, lobbyists, and compliance officers but peripheral to the “real” drivers of economic performance, such as interest rates, deficits, and stimulus.

From Barron's

Some analysts say the vote is a sideshow.

From Barron's

Surrealism continues to fuel artists’ and viewers’ imaginations, but it has increasingly become art’s carnival sideshow.

From The Wall Street Journal

But on Friday in Miami, that sideshow collides with boxing's top tier as Paul faces two-time heavyweight world champion and Olympic gold medallist Anthony Joshua.

From BBC

I feel like a sideshow attraction being led in on a leash.

From Literature