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side⋅bar

  [sahyd-bahr]
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–noun
1. follow-up (def. 3b).
2. a typographically distinct section of a page, as in a book or magazine, that amplifies or highlights the main text.
3. a conference between the judge and lawyers out of the presence of the jury.
4. a subordinate or incidental issue, remark, activity, etc.
Origin:
1945–50; side 1 + bar 1

fol⋅low-up

  [fol-oh-uhp]
–noun
1. the act of following up.
2. an action or thing that serves to increase the effectiveness of a previous one, as a second or subsequent letter, phone call, or visit.
3. Also called follow. Journalism.
a. a news story providing additional information on a story or article previously published.
b. Also called sidebar, supplementary story. a minor news story used to supplement a related story of major importance. Compare feature story (def. 1), human-interest story, shirttail.
–adjective
4. designed or serving to follow up, esp. to increase the effectiveness of a previous action: a follow-up interview; a follow-up offer.
5. of or pertaining to action that follows an initial treatment, course of study, etc.: follow-up care for mental patients; a follow-up survey.
Origin:
1920–25; n., adj. use of v. phrase follow up
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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side·bar   (sīd'bär')   
n.  

  1. A short, often boxed auxiliary news story that is printed alongside a longer article and that typically presents additional, contrasting, or late-breaking news.

  2. Law A conference between a judge and the attorneys of a case being tried, held outside of the jury's range of hearing.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: side·bar
Pronunciation: 'sId-"bär
Function: noun
: SIDEBAR CONFERENCE sidebar before injecting the collateral offense into the trial —Dockery v. State, 659 So. Second 219 (1994)>; also : the place near or before the bench where a sidebar conference takes place sidebar while questions were posed —Commonwealth v. Urena, 632 North Eastern Reporter, Second Series 1200 (1994)> —compare BENCH, STAND —sidebar adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2follow–up
Function: noun
: maintenance of contact with or reexamination of a person (as a patient) at usually prescribed intervals followingdiagnosis or treatment; also : a patient with whom such contact is maintained
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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