Synonyms for sideshow
ˈsaɪdˌʃoʊsideshow

Princeton's WordNet

1. sideshownoun

   a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event

   "instruction is not an educational sideshow"

2. sideshownoun

   a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)

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1. • Incident
   • Show

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1. List of paraphrases for "sideshow":

   tahiti, circus, cirque

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1. Gavin Newsom:

   James Gallagher knows that James Gallagher’s in trouble, and James Gallagher’s using this as a sideshow distraction to introduce another gun law, so hopefully people will not see and pay attention to James Gallagher terrible record on their quality of life, the governor needs to focus his efforts on things that will lower the cost of living for Californians, actually solve homelessness, instead of one-off gestures that are n’t going to do anything to stop gun violence.

2. Geoff Bunn:

   Art is about painting. All the rest is just a sideshow

3. Asa Hutchinson:

   The office is more important than any individual person. So for the sake of the office of the presidency, I do think that’s too much of a sideshow and distraction, he needs to be able to concentrate on his due process.

4. Al Sharpton:

   I thought my coming might give a sense of unity in the city ; that we can disagree on cases and on policies but that we are united that the senseless and ruthless killing of officers like your son must be denounced, it is clear though after reading several articles that some union leaders and some others want to turn Al Sharpton and Al Sharpton pastor’s noble efforts into some kind of confrontation or sideshow.

5. Mark Penn:

   Most voters see the Jan 6th committee as a political sideshow, the committee obviously wants to put Trump front and center as much as they can and create discussion about Jan. 6 instead of inflation, immigration and crime.