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
Examples of sidebar in a Sentence
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And in the Cannes Premiere sidebar, the festival has added Gael Morel’s Vivre, Mourir, Renaitre and Jessica Palud’s Maria.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024
For those who live elsewhere in Jackson County, input your information in the Voter ID Lookup section in the election board’s website’s sidebar.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2024
At its first release the Copilot button lived far from the actual Copilot sidebar, on the left side of the toolbar, but an update moved it to its more logical placement on the right corner of the Taskbar.
—PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
The lineup includes the official competition and out-of-competition titles, the films in the main festival sidebar Un Certain Regard, as well as special and midnight screenings and the Cannes premiere selection.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
Like many photo programs, the left sidebar has image sources, including hard drives, and ACDSee Mobile Sync, which sucks up photos and videos from your smartphone via the ACDSee Mobile Sync app.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
First up is the availability of Copilot in Microsoft 365 in Windows, which means that the standard Copilot sidebar in Windows 11 will be able to access all of a user's Microsoft 365 data, including emails, meetings, chats, documents, as well as the web.
—Michael Muchmore, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
Rotate visuals like sidebar placement, quote styles, and subheading colors so each story isn't a cookie-cutter replica.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
The end result is a single specification and certification program that can work across multiple countries (see sidebar).
—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 19 Mar. 2024
Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024
For those who live elsewhere in Jackson County, input your information in the Voter ID Lookup section in the election board’s website’s sidebar.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2024
At its first release the Copilot button lived far from the actual Copilot sidebar, on the left side of the toolbar, but an update moved it to its more logical placement on the right corner of the Taskbar.
—PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
The lineup includes the official competition and out-of-competition titles, the films in the main festival sidebar Un Certain Regard, as well as special and midnight screenings and the Cannes premiere selection.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
Like many photo programs, the left sidebar has image sources, including hard drives, and ACDSee Mobile Sync, which sucks up photos and videos from your smartphone via the ACDSee Mobile Sync app.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
First up is the availability of Copilot in Microsoft 365 in Windows, which means that the standard Copilot sidebar in Windows 11 will be able to access all of a user's Microsoft 365 data, including emails, meetings, chats, documents, as well as the web.
—Michael Muchmore, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
Rotate visuals like sidebar placement, quote styles, and subheading colors so each story isn't a cookie-cutter replica.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
The end result is a single specification and certification program that can work across multiple countries (see sidebar).
—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Sidebar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sidebar. Accessed 1 May. 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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