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[ adverb ] introducing a different topic

Examples

"by the way, I won't go to the party"

Used in print

(James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)

Recently , by_the_way , I received a questionnaire in which I was asked whether or not I was non institutionalized '' .

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

You then descended one story , glommed a television_set from the music room - the only constructive feature of your visit , by_the_way - and , returning to the ground_floor , entered the master_bedroom .

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