by the by

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variants or by the bye
as in by the way
by way of interjection or digression He mentioned by the by that he had never been to Paris.

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“By the by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by%20the%20by. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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