1
a
: a short news story or graphic accompanying and presenting sidelights of a major story
b
: something incidental : sidelight
a sidebar to the essay's central theme
2
: a conference between the judge, the lawyers, and sometimes the parties to a case that the jury does not hear
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This year, the sidebar returns with a seven-title lineup for its Blood Window Screenings program.
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
In one example, searching for musical festivals in Boone, North Carolina, in August results in a list of each festival and a short description, followed by a link to a website for that festival, with a sidebar with links to other relevant results like event scheduling or ticket sales.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
His joke about movies where the president gets kidnapped is a little sidebar and also some of the most deft political commentary this year.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
Color Code Labels: To color code your labels, hover over a label in the sidebar, click the three dots, and select Label color.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
In one example, searching for musical festivals in Boone, North Carolina, in August results in a list of each festival and a short description, followed by a link to a website for that festival, with a sidebar with links to other relevant results like event scheduling or ticket sales.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
His joke about movies where the president gets kidnapped is a little sidebar and also some of the most deft political commentary this year.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
Color Code Labels: To color code your labels, hover over a label in the sidebar, click the three dots, and select Label color.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Sidebar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sidebar. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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sidebar
noun
side·bar
ˈsīd-ˌbär 
: sidebar conference
had failed to request a sidebar before injecting the collateral offense into the trial—Dockery v. State, 659 So. 2d 219 (1994)
Dockery v. State, 659 So. 2d 219 (1994)
sidebar
adjective
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