Definitions
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- noun A
sidebox within abook orarticle , containingillustrative data .
Etymologies
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data + box
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Examples
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The databox my brain had been marinating in folded shut and shunted back into long-term memory, suddenly leaving my thoughts empty.
Dreamfall Vinge, Joan D. 1996
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