as in in passing
by way of interjection or digression
she mentioned en passant that she'd been to New York
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The Burns book gives us, en passant, vivid mini-portraits of Milton’s colleagues at the University of Chicago.
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Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 27 Feb. 2024
Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 27 Feb. 2024
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“En passant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/en%20passant. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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