1
a
: light coming or produced from the side
b
: incidental light or information
2
: the red light on the port bow or the green light on the starboard bow carried by ships underway at night
Examples of sidelight in a Sentence
The book includes some amusing sidelights about his childhood.
Recent Examples on the Web
Swift and Kelce have been great for the game, a fun sidelight to the season.
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Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2024
But those were sidelights.
—Bruce Weber, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
But his comic persona was a sidelight.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
But most of my income does not relate to blogging, this is definitely a sidelight.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2013
An interesting sidelight is that in both the payoff and the retention cases, the deferred annuity option generates more spendable funds than the 4% rule option.
—Jack Guttentag, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
Also, a sidelight of curiosity is that Duchess of Cambridge (formerly Kate Middleton) has a maternal grandmother who comes from a lineage of laborers and miners.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2011
He is fundamentally steeped in ants, and people are a sidelight.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2013
Magnetic sidelight blockers, which ship in the kit, will turn it into a fully immersive heads-up display.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2022
Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2024
But those were sidelights.
—Bruce Weber, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
But his comic persona was a sidelight.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
But most of my income does not relate to blogging, this is definitely a sidelight.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2013
An interesting sidelight is that in both the payoff and the retention cases, the deferred annuity option generates more spendable funds than the 4% rule option.
—Jack Guttentag, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
Also, a sidelight of curiosity is that Duchess of Cambridge (formerly Kate Middleton) has a maternal grandmother who comes from a lineage of laborers and miners.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2011
He is fundamentally steeped in ants, and people are a sidelight.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2013
Magnetic sidelight blockers, which ship in the kit, will turn it into a fully immersive heads-up display.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2022
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“Sidelight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sidelight. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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sidelight
noun
side·light
-ˌlīt 
1
: light from the side
2
: incidental or extra information
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