1
: a minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition (as of a circus)
2
: an incidental diversion or spectacle
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Their disagreement is just a political sideshow when compared to the real issues at hand.
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The comity seemed an easy and mutually useful way to close this sideshow of the ongoing 2024 campaign and a debate over the borders of the battlefield.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 15 May 2024
De Los Reyes said those arrested were involved in sideshow takeovers that occurred in February and March.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 15 May 2024
De Los Reyes said those arrested were involved in sideshow takeovers that occurred in February and March.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
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“Sideshow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sideshow. Accessed 1 Jun. 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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