by the way
Idioms-
In passing, incidentally, as in She's my wife's cousin, and by the way, a good friend . [Mid-1500s]
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Parenthetically, in addition, as in We saw Mary last week, and by the way, did Tom call you ? [Early 1600s]
Example Sentences
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“That’s like— Well, I don’t know. There’s nothing bad enough. I’m Sarah, by the way.”
From Literature
Instead, it signaled a move by the way it intervened in the Treasury market.
From Barron's
At first I was not thinking much beyond my first game - a draw on Preston's plastic pitch by the way - and neither, it seems, was my chairman, Norman Hayward.
From BBC
Just as Papa was putting the check lines over his shoulders, he said, “Oh, by the way, did you find Sally Gooden?”
From Literature
We have an economic and monetary union—with 21 countries by the way.
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