sidebar
noun
side·bar ˈsīd-ˌbär 
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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web It was also decided to provide a sidebar on how to explain to children what happened. 
USA Today, 15 Sep. 2022 Tribune critic Michael Phillips is a panelist for the 2022 festival’s Biennale College Cinema, a sidebar of the main competition slate. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 Chrome added a sidebar for browsing bookmarks and Reading List articles back in March. Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2022 As much as 43 projects from 19 countries and 32 works will be presented as part of the sidebar. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 July 2022 To some of these folks, the fact the No. 7 team is in town was a sidebar to the fact that, well, Florida is playing. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022 Nordic excellence in filmmaking will be highlighted in the sidebar dedicated to the Nordic Council Film Prize, with the 2022 nominees to be unveiled on Aug. 23, while 10 rising Nordic talents will be highlighted at the Next Nordic Generation. Annika Pham, Variety, 5 Aug. 2022 Strand Releasing has picked up rights in North America for 99 Moons, an intense love story from Swiss director Jan Gassmann, which premiered in Cannes’ ACID sidebar. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2022 The drama, which will premiere in Venice’s Horizons Extra sidebar, follows Roya, a woman set to emigrate from Iran, who meets a young woman who appears to have lost her memory. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2022 See More
USA Today, 15 Sep. 2022 Tribune critic Michael Phillips is a panelist for the 2022 festival’s Biennale College Cinema, a sidebar of the main competition slate. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 Chrome added a sidebar for browsing bookmarks and Reading List articles back in March. Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2022 As much as 43 projects from 19 countries and 32 works will be presented as part of the sidebar. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 July 2022 To some of these folks, the fact the No. 7 team is in town was a sidebar to the fact that, well, Florida is playing. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022 Nordic excellence in filmmaking will be highlighted in the sidebar dedicated to the Nordic Council Film Prize, with the 2022 nominees to be unveiled on Aug. 23, while 10 rising Nordic talents will be highlighted at the Next Nordic Generation. Annika Pham, Variety, 5 Aug. 2022 Strand Releasing has picked up rights in North America for 99 Moons, an intense love story from Swiss director Jan Gassmann, which premiered in Cannes’ ACID sidebar. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2022 The drama, which will premiere in Venice’s Horizons Extra sidebar, follows Roya, a woman set to emigrate from Iran, who meets a young woman who appears to have lost her memory. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1928, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Legal Definition
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) also : the place near or before the bench where a sidebar conference takes place
the judge informed both attorneys…that they…could stand at sidebar while questions were posed Commonwealth v. Urena, 632 N.E.2d 1200 (1994)
compare bench, stand Commonwealth v. Urena, 632 N.E.2d 1200 (1994)