1
: a minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition (as of a circus)
2
: an incidental diversion or spectacle
Examples of sideshow in a Sentence
Their disagreement is just a political sideshow when compared to the real issues at hand.
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And remember, Tuesday’s hearing was in many ways a sideshow.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Investigators also located and seized dozens of firearms discharged at sideshows and tallied numerous instances of lasers pointed at police on the ground and in helicopters, six pedestrians struck by reckless drivers and two officers hit by sideshow participants’ vehicles.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
But outside the lines, the White Sox have become a sideshow.
—Sam Blum, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
The sheriff’s office and the California Highway Patrol started getting calls about a person who allegedly had been shot during a sideshow near Prunedale Road South at Blackie Road around 10:25 p.m., the sheriff’s office said.
—Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Investigators also located and seized dozens of firearms discharged at sideshows and tallied numerous instances of lasers pointed at police on the ground and in helicopters, six pedestrians struck by reckless drivers and two officers hit by sideshow participants’ vehicles.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
But outside the lines, the White Sox have become a sideshow.
—Sam Blum, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
The sheriff’s office and the California Highway Patrol started getting calls about a person who allegedly had been shot during a sideshow near Prunedale Road South at Blackie Road around 10:25 p.m., the sheriff’s office said.
—Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Sideshow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sideshow. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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sideshow
noun
side·show
-ˌshō 
: a small show off to the side offered in addition to a main show (as of a circus)
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